Rhinoncus bruchoides (Herbst)

Curculio bruchoides Herbst, 1784

Records. CRI ČER DON IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Schoenherr 1837: 581; Weise 1876: 110; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Kubisz et al. 1998: 273; Mazur 2002: 238; Nazarenko 2010d: 89].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Africa, Middle East and Middle Asia); introduced to North America (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Chernivtsi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Chernivtsi, A. Poiras leg., 17.viii.1991; Crimea: 4 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Kirichenko leg., 1907; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env., Siverskyi Donets River bank, 49, 6144479°N 36, 3178113°E, A. Drogvalenko leg., 10.vi.1993 ; 3 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv Distr., Rogan, meadow, N. Yunakov leg., 18.vi.2000 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk, salty steppe, Arnoldi, vii.1936; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK), Kyiv, Lysa Hora, N part, E slope, pitfall trap #40, 50, 394453° N 30, 544856° E, V. Nazarenko leg, 12-21.v.2000 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk, Talicky leg, 17. VII.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 13. V.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23. V.1929; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Vylkove, Danube River bank, flood land, Kotomenko leg., 16.vi.1966 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Lukjanovich leg., 30.iv.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.viii.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10.viii.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 24.v.1927; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rivnenskyi Nature Reserve, 51, 385278°N 26, 851111°E, V. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2008 ;

Zakarpatska Prov.: 20 spec. (KUMN, ZIN) SW of Uzhhorod, Storozhnytsia, left bank of Uzh River, 48, 611533°N 22, 23817°E, flood land, on Persicaria spec. Yunakov leg., 1.vii.2000 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Korostyshev, Bartenev leg., 8.vii.1989; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 18.vi.1897 .

Biology. Wetlands. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Polygonum aviculare, Persicaria hydropiper, P. lapathifolia, P. maculosa (Polygonaceae)