Apechthis rufata (Gmelin, 1790)

Records. Crimea, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kherson, Vinnytsya (Kasparyan, 1973), Ivano-Frankivsk, and Transcarpathian (Varga, 2017b) Regions.

Material examined. Cherkasy Reg.: 2 ♂, Kaniv Distr., Hryhorivka, SN, 14.v.2000 ; Crimea: 4 ♂, Angar Pass, SN, 10.vii.1979; 4 ♂, 1 km N of Angar Pass, SN, 11.vii.1979, leg. A. Kotenko ; 1 ♂, Dubky, ex Tortrix viridana, vi.1983, leg. N. Podmarkov ; Donetsk Reg.: 2 ♂, Khomutovskyi Steppe Reserve, SN, 24.vi.1979, leg. A. Kotenko ; Kharkiv Reg.: 4 ♂, Krasnokutsk, SN, 4.vii.1992 ; 1 ♂, idem, SN, 9.vii.1992, leg. V. Tolkanitz; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 12.vii.1993, leg. S. Sviridov; Kherson Reg.: 1 ♂, Skadovsk Distr., Dzharylgach, SN, 28–29.vi.1978, leg. A. Kotenko ; 1 ♂, Black Sea BR, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi area, ex Tortrix viridana, 5.vi.1980, leg. L. Zelinska ; Khmelnytskyi Reg.: 5 ♀, Shydlivtsi, SN, 28.vii.1988, leg. V. Tolkanitz ; 3 ♂, Netishyn, SN, 29.vii.1999 ; Kyiv Reg.: 6 ♀ , Kyiv, Teremky, SN, 21.vii.1981; 1 ♂, idem, SN, 2–8.v.2006; 2 ♂, Kyiv, Kruglyk, SN, 15.v.1982; 1 ♂, Kyiv, Novosilky, SN, 14.v.1984; 1 ♂, idem, SN, 16.v.1984; 1 ♂, idem, SN, 14.vi.1984; 2 ♀, 3 ♂, idem, SN, 4.vii.1984; 1 ♂, idem, SN, 4.vii.1984; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 6.ix.1984; 1 ♀, Kyiv, Feofania, SN, 17.viii.2010, leg. A. Kotenko; 1 ♀, Kyiv, SN, 18.viii.1973; Lugansk Reg.: 1 ♀, Stanytsya Luganska forestry, SN, 11–12.vi.1972 ; 5 ♀, 3 ♂, Antratsyt, SN, 8.vi.1975, leg. V. Tolkanitz ; 3 ♂, Provalskyi Steppe Reserve, SN, 21.vi.1979, leg. A. Kotenko ; Mykolaiv Reg.: 1 ♂, Pervomaisk Distr., Kuripchyne, SN, 23.v.1980, leg. M. Nesterov ; 1 ♂, idem, SN, 29.v.1999, leg. P. P. Sheshurak; Ternopil Reg.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Medobory NR, SN, 9.viii.1994, leg. V. Tolkanitz ; Transcarpathian Reg.: 1 ♂, Rakhiv, SN, 2.viii.1994, leg. A. Kotenko ; Vinnytsya Reg.: 1 ♂, Oksanivka, SN, 22.vii.1988 ; 1 ♂, Vinnytsya? forestry, SN, 12.vii.1988; 1 ♂, idem, SN, 27.vii.1988, leg. V. Tolkanitz; Volyn Reg.: 1 ♂, Kivertsi forestry, ex Tortix viridana, 26.vi.1977, leg. V. Kozak ; Zhytomyr Reg.: 1 ♂, Lyubarka, ex Autographa gamma pupa, 3.iii.1978, leg. Z. Kljutschko ; 2 ♀, Zhurzhevychi, SN, 15.ix.1978, leg. A. Kotenko.

Distribution. Oriental and Palaearctic Regs; Ukraine: Cherkasy, Crimea, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Lugansk, Odesa, Ternopil, Transcarpathian, Rivne, Vinnytsya, and Volyn Regs.

Biology. CMF, CEMF, CSF, EEFS, PS, PMF. April–September.