Phytoecia (Phytoecia) rufiventris Gautier des Cottes, 1870

Literature data. Ömnögovi: Gurvan Saikhan [хр. Гурван-Сайхан], 40 km S of Bulgan [Булган] [ca. 43.831, 103.527], 28– 29.07.1967, 1 ex. (Namhaidorzh 1972) .

Remarks. Phytoecia rufiventris is distributed in eastern Russia, Mongolia, China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, as well as in the Orient (Danilevsky 2020).

According to Cherepanov (1991b), this species inhabits open forest glades, meadows, and roadsides, and it is ecologically associated with herbaceous plants of the family Compositae (= Asteraceae), such as Aster tataricus L.fil. and Ptarmica alpina (L.) DC. (= Achillea alpina L.). Adults are active from the end of May until July.