East Macedonia and Thrace, Thessaly, and West Greece
Literature References
First Description
Tosevski, I. & Caldara, R. (2011): In: Tosevski, I., Caldara, R., Jovic, J., Hernández-Vera, G., Baviera, C., Gassmann, A. & Emerson, B. C. Morphological, molecular and biological evidence reveal two cryptic species in Mecinus janthinus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), a successful biological control agent of Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica (Lamiales, Plantaginaceae). Systematic Entomology, 36, 741-753.
Further Descriptions
Caldara, R., Fogato, V. (2013): Systematics of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). I. Taxonomic treatment of the species. Zootaxa 3654 (1): 1-105.
Caldara, R., Sassi, D., Montagna, M. (2013): Systematics of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). II. Phylogenetic analysis based on adult morphological characters and host plant information. Zootaxa 3664 (2): 136-148.
Findings
East Macedonia and Thrace
1 ex.: Volakas, 5,4km NNO, 28.05.2017, leg. J. Messutat, det. J. Messutat, coll. J. Messutat