Lignyodes (Lignyodes) enucleator (Panzer)

Curculio enucleator Panzer, 1798

Records. CRI ČER DNI IFR KHE KHR KYI LUG LWI TER ŽIT [Belke 1866: 505; Lindeman 1871: 314; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Penecke 1932: 354; Medvedev 1950b: 71; 1953b: 1138; Dieckmann 1988: 381; Mazur 2002: 231; Sumarokov 2009: 178].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. (KUMN) 10 km N Sudak, N slope mountains, in Fraxinus-Acer forest, S. Medvedev leg., 03.v.1957 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SSW Bakhchisarai, env. of Tankovoe, left bank of Belbek, uncultivated garden, K.S. Nadein leg., 02.v.1999 ; 4 spec. (KUMN) Karadag Nature Reserve, near administration, N 44° 54' 46, 1", E 35° 11' 59, 6", 25 m, (Google Earth), mixed forest, shaking with Fraxinusexcelsior, N. Yunakov leg., 01.vi.2010 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Crimean Nature Reserve, Mt. Chuchel', beech forest, D.S. Shapiro leg., 04.vi.1954 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Crimean Nature Reserve, ridge Khyr-Alan, Alma River valley, glade, S. Medvedev leg., 23.vi.1956 ; 1f (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve, S slope of Süürü-Kaya Mt. N44° 56' 00.8'' E35° 12' 37.0'', xerothermic stony bushland beaten from Quercus, N. Yunakov leg., 30.v.2010 ; 2m, 5f (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve, near HQ, N44° 54' 46.1'' E35° 11' 59.6'', mixed forest, beaten from Fraxinus excelsior, N. Yunakov leg., 1.vi.2010 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 17 km SE Balaklia, env. of Vetrovka, forest in floodplains Siverskyi Donets River, under covering, S. Medvedev leg., 23.vi.1952 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 15 km SSE Krasnodon [=Sorokyne], Provalsky Step Nature Reserve, Kalynivka Division, Lezhenina leg., 25.v.1999 ; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Ternopil, left bank Seret River, near bridge, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 1.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Ternopil env., Petrykiv env., desiduous forest, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 3.v.1998 .

Biology. Forest, parks. Adults occur in IV–VI. On Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae) (Dieckmann 1988: 381)