Pyropteron cirgisa (BARTEL 1912)

Garrevoet, T., Garrevoet, W. & Özbek, H., 2007, Data on the Geographic Distribution of Sesiidae (Lepidoptera) in Turkey, Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (2), pp. 929-953 : 942

Pyropteron cirgisa (BARTEL 1912)

M a t e r i a l: Kayseri: Develi Ovasi , N38°27'10.8" E35°12'31.8", 10-07-2003 ; Develi Ovasi , N38°28' E35°15', 17-06-1998 (Bartsch D. & Berg J.) ; Dörtyol , N38°27'09.8" E35°12'31.3", 09-07- 2002 .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Romania, Moldavia, southern Russia, northern Caucasus, Ukraine (Crimea), Azerbaijan Turkey (central Anatolia), Kazakhstan (Uralsk), south-western Turkmenistan.

R e m a r k s: This species lives in Limonium gmelini, a halophyte plant only occurring on salt-planes. These habitats are decreasing both in number and surface. Partly they are taken into culture by farmers or they lack water during springtime due to irrigation measurements. For all this reasons this species (and also the typical flora of these biotopes) are in urgent need for protection. The status as a "Red List"-species is exigent!