Eumetoecus kochiae

Eumetoecus kochiae (Horváth, 1897) Feeds on In Bulgaria, adults were collected by P. Lauterer on Bassia laniflora (S. G. Gmel.) A. J. Scott (= Kochia arenaria (Maerkl.) Roth), which was reported as a host plant in the original description (Horváth 1897). Loginova (1961) and Gegechkori and Loginova (1990) listed Bassia prostrata (L.) Beck and Camphorosma monspeliaca L. as host plants. Distribution General distribution. South-eastern Europe, Caucasus, Russia (European part, western Siberia), Middle East, Central Asia, Mongolia. Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 26 b). Published records: Bulgaria, without locality data (Gegechkori and Loginova 1990). Material examined: BN. Diagnosis Adult (Fig. 26 a). Loginova (1961).