Exapion (Exapion) compactum compactum (Desbrochers des Loges) *

Apion compactum Desbrochers, 1888

Records. DON* LUG* POL* [first record].

Distribution. Europe, West Siberia, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Svyatogorskaya, Arnoldi leg., 20.vi.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Arnoldi leg., 3.vii.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) forest near Svyatohirsky Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 23.v.1939; 2 spec. (ZIN) steppe near road Nyrkovo-Vyemka, Arnoldi leg., 20.vi.1937; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsya Luhanska, Th. Lukjanovich leg., 26.vi.1927; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Lukjanovitch leg., vi.1922; 1 spec. (ZIN) Pirjatin, Ros. m., Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 12.vi.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 24.vii.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.vii.1925 .

Biology. Forest edge, stony slopes. Adults occur in IV–VIII (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Cytisus hirsutus; Genista germanica (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); G. pilosa, G. tinctoria (Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977)