A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
Author
Yunakov, Nikolai
Author
Nazarenko, Vitalij
Author
Filimonov, Rostislav
Author
Volovnik, Semyon
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-06
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10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1
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Phyllobius (Phyllobius
)
vespertinus
(Fabricius)
Curculio vespertinus
Fabricius, 1792
Records
: ČER IFR KHM KHR KRO LWI RIV TER
VIN
VOL ZAK ŽIT [
Belke 1866: 504
;
Kubisz
et al
. 1998: 267
;
Mazur 2002: 237
;
Yunakov 2003c: 353
(
Ph.pyri
)].
Distribution.
Central Europe.
Material examined.
Kharkiv Prov.
:
1 spec.
(
KUMN
) SEE env. of
Kharkiv
,
Dokuchaeva, N
. Yunakov leg.,
17.v.1996
;
Kropyvnytskyi Prov.
:
1 spec.
(
KUMN
)
Znamenka
env., urochische
Cherny Les
,
Korotkova
leg.,
26.v.1967
.
Biology.
Meadows in desiduous forests, floodlands. Adults occur in IV–VI. Polyphagous.
Remark. This species is very similar to
Ph. pyri
in general appearance and structure of genitalia, but unlike the later it feeds on herbaceous plants.