Melitta (Melitta) tricincta Kirby, 1802

Distribution; world
In continental Europe its distribution extends east to Romania and south to Spain and Italy (Warncke, 1973). It is, however, very rare in Fennoscandia (recorded from Finland by Schmiedeknecht (1907), but omitted from Elfving's list (1968). It is also listed as rare in Germany (Westrich et al., 1997):
AT, BE, BG, CZ, CH, DE, *DK, EE, ES, FL, FR, FR-CO, GB, HU, IT, LT, LU, LV, NL, PL, PT, RO, RU, RU-EU, SE, SK, SL, UA, YU, IN, KZ

Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CH - RDB3 (VU), CZ - RDB3 (VU), DE1 - RDB3 (VU), DE2 - RDBV (NT), NL - RDB3 (VU), SE1 - RDB2 (EN), SE2 - RDB3 (VU), SL - RDB1-2 (EN), EU - RDB-NT (Nieto et al, 2014)

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