Neoplinthus tigratus porculus (Fabricius)

Rhynchaenus porculus Fabricius, 1801

Curculio porcatus Panzer, 1798

Records. ČER IFR KHM KYI LWI TER VIN ZAK ŽIT [Kotuła 1873: 85; Łomnicki 1875: 176; 1884: 31; 1886: 207; Cherkunov 1889: 188; Rybiński 1903b: 144; Łomnicki 1913: 138; Penecke 1928: 360; Roubal 1941: 202; Mazur 2002: 234].

Distribution. Central and SE Europe (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013).

Material examined. Chernivtsi Prov.: 1 spec. (SMTD) Chernowitz, Penecke leg.; 2 spec. (SIZK) Chernivtsi env., hill, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 29.vii.1995; 1 spec. (SIZK) Podolia; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (DMLU) near Lwow, Holosko, Noskiewicz leg., 6.v.1923 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Schitomir [= Zhytomyr], G. Proschiga leg., 10.v.1927 .

Biology. Meadows. Adults occur in V–VII. Polyphagous (Mazur 2002). In lab trials imago consumed Sanguisorba sp. ( Rosaceae).

Notes. Examination of material from Ukraine revealed only N. tigratus porculus but not N. tigratus tigratus .