(Figs 137–139)
Host-plants. Unknown in the Crimea; possibly Linum spp. as in other regions.
Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and France to Greece and Crimea.
Material examined. CRIMEA: 1 ♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 01.viii. 1986, leg. Yu. Budashkin, genitalia slide no. AN 211 ♂; 2 ♂, the same locality, at light, 12–20.viii. 1987, leg. Yu. Budashkin, genitalia slide nos AG 105 ♂, AG 106 ♂; 1 ♂, the same locality, at light, 12–26.viii. 2009, leg. A. Remeikis & J. R. Stonis, genitalia slide no. RA 259 ♂.
Remarks. The species is rare in the Crimea: limited in distribution and not abundant.