Distribution. Azores, British Islands, Europe from France to Scandinavia, Ukraine and European Russia, Asian Turkey, Iran, Mongolia, Siberia, Russian Far East, North China, South Korea, North India (Knížek 2011b; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017, 2023); reported by Nikitsky & Izhevsky (2005) from Caucasus and Transcaucasia. Armenia: reported as H. aterrimus Eggers, 1933 by Mirzoian (1954) from Dilijan (Tavush Province) and later (Mirzoian 1977) from North Armenia.
Hosts. Pinus.