Pseudocleonus (Neopseudocleonus) grammicus (Panzer)

Curculio grammicus Panzer, 1789

Records. CRI LUG [Kessler 1884: 5; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52].

Distribution. Europe, Morocco (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1spec. (ZIN) ‘ Tauria’; 1 spec. (SZIK) Sevastopol, W. Pliginski leg., 4/5/1905; 2 spec. (SZIK) Sevastopol; 1 spec. (SZIK) idem, Pliginski leg., 8/3/1906; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, 3/4/1903; 2f (KUMN) Yaltinsky Montane Forest Nature Reserve, Utsh-Kosh gorge , KN 03.11.2008, pitfall trap, N.M.Kovblyuk leg., 11.iii.–20.ix.2008 .

Biology. Loess steppe grasslands, limestone slopes. Adults occur in IV–X. Oligophagous on Centaurea spp. ( Asteraceae). Larva inhabits in the root galls (Hoffmann 1950; Scherf 1964; Dieckmann 1983; Stejskal 2005).