Chasminodes ussurica Kononenko 1982

Chasminodes ussurica Kononenko, 1982

(Figs. 3, 5, 6)

Chasminodes ussurica Kononenko, 1982, Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 51 (3): 595, fig. 19, 23. Type-locality: Russia, south of Primorye Terr., Ryazanovka. (Types: ZI, St. Petersburg).

Material examined. Type series, including 10 males and 3 females, collected in Ryazanovka (Khasansky district of Primorye Terr.) 30.vii–2.viii.1979 (Kononenko); additional material: 2 males, Barabash, Kedrovaya Pad nature reserve 24.vii.2001 (Kononenko); 3 males 2 females, Ryazanovka 31.viii–3.ix.1998 (Kononenko); 3 males Krounovka, 18–20.vii.2006 (Kononenko); 5 males, Sukhanovsky pass, 7 km SW Ryazanovka, 20–24.vii.2004; 7 ex, Amur reg., Kundur, 19–22.vii. 1988; 1 male, North Korea, Mt. Myohyangsan, 400 m, 21–23.vii/ 1986 (P. Saek); 3 males, 1 female, North China, Changbashan Mt., 600–700 m, 1.viii.2001, 19–20.vii.2001 (Han). Genitalia prep.: male—167 HL CIS (Fig. 5), female—162 HL CIS (Fig. 6).

Distribution and Biology. (Fig. 12). Russia: South east of Amur region (Kononenko 1992), south of Khabarovsk Terr. (vicinity of Khabarovsk; Dubatolov, pers. comm.), south and south west Primorye; Korean Peninsula (Ahn et al. 1996), North China (Han et al. 2003). The species inhabits lowlands and hillsides covered by broad-lived or mixed forest with abundance of lime trees (Tilia manchurica and T. amurensis). Flight period from July to early September. Probably overwinters as egg. Early stages and foodplants unknown.