Pissodes (Pissodes) castaneus (DeGeer)

Curculio castaneus DeGeer, 1775

Curculio notatus Fabricius, 1787

Records. ČER ČNG ČRK DNI IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LWI ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 171; Nowicki 1858: 17; 1864: 36; 1865: 36; Lindeman 1871: 195; Nowicki 1873: 35; Łomnicki 1884: 31; 1886: 209; Cherkunov 1889: 189; Rybiński 1903b: 144; Łomnicki 1905: 73; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 23; Kulikowski 1897: 202; Shishkin 1914: 48; Pliginsky 1916: 351; Penecke 1928: 363; Shapiro 1930: 142; Roubal 1941: 192; Kryshtal 1956: 319; Zagajkevich 1958: 73; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 237; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Nazarenko 2008b: 143; Kravchenko 2010: 60; Nazarenko 2012a: 220; 2012f: 53].

Distribution. Palaearctic, introduced to Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira Archipelago, Nearctic and Neotropical Region (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevskij leg. ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Donets-Zakharzhevskij leg.; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km N Zmiiv, Vodiane, Zolotarev leg., 20.vi.1974 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuguev, env. platform Dachi, mixed forest, sweeping on grass, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 15.v.2006 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, mixed forest, edge of, on young Pinus sylvestris, N.N. Yunakov leg., 18.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) SEE of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva env., ravine, on young Pinus sylvestris, N.N. Yunakov leg., 18.iv.1999 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Izyum, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 05.viii.1997 ; 3 spec. (KUMN) ca. 15 km SE Izyum, Studenetskoe Forestry, Jakushenko leg., 05.vi.1973 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) env. Izyuum, Donetsk Forestry, Tropink summer camp, Jakushenko leg., summer 1972; 1 spec. (KUMN) env . Kharkiv, I. Krynicki leg., 1829; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Shkaff leg., 09.v.1908; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 27 km N Brovary, Pirnove, pine forest in floodlands River Desna, V. G. Nadvornyj leg., 16.vi.1976 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) E env. of Kiev, Darnitsa, Fedorov leg., vi.1927 ; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) ca. 12 km NE Luhansk, Luhanskyi Nature Reserve, Stanychno-Luhanskyi Division, pine forest, V. V. Martynov leg., 22.v.1997 ;

Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Vylkove, Urochyshche Bazarchuk, E.I. Simutnik leg., 15.v.1996; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Konotop, V. Bondar’ leg., 23.vii.1928; Zakarpatska Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Rakhiv Distr., Svidovets Forestry, 16 obkhod, pitfall traps, T. A. Trikhleb & V. V. Martynov et al. leg., 28.v.2001 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Altagir forest, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.vi.1980 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 6 spec. (SIZK) Schitomir, G. Proschiga leg., 12.vi.1922; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, 12.vi.1923;

Biology. Coniferous and mixed forests. Adults occur in V–VII. On Pinus sylvestris, P. banksiana (Pinaceae) (Smreczyński 1972).