Involvulus (Teretriorhynchites) pubescens (Fabricius)

Curculio pubescens Fabricius, 1775

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LWI RIV TER VIN VOL [Chernay 1854: 169; Nowicki 1858: 18; 1864: 33; 1865: 33; Hormuzaki 1888: 156; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Łomnicki 1905: 85; 1913: 147; Kinel & Noskiewicz 1924: 132; Penecke 1928: 384; Pyatakova 1930: 335; Kuntze 1932: 56; Kuntze & Noskiewicz 1933: 132; Kryshtal 1959: 72; Lazorko 1963: 81; Lavrukh 1971: 25; 1972: 29; Zelinskaya 1977: 73; Solodovnikova & Pejeva 1978: 76; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko et al. 2004: 68; Sumarokov 2009: 164; Nazarenko 2012f: 50].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle East, North Africa) (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Nosivka Distr., Chervoni Partyzany [= Volodkova Divytsia], P.N. Sheshurak leg., 5.x.1991 ; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi step Nature Reserve, S. Medvedev leg., 24.v.1948 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, D. V. Vovk leg., 22.v.1999; 4 spec. (KUMN) idem, Martynov leg., 10.v.1989; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, on Thalictrum, Martynov leg., 09.v.1989 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, site steppe with Linum perenne, D.S. Shapiro leg., 24.v.1948 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NW Volodarske, Kamyani Mohyly Nature Reserve, Martynov leg., 01.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km SWW Sviatohirsk, env. of Bohorodychne, floodland Siverskyi Donets River, bank lake, S. Medvedev leg., 18.vi.1952 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets- Zakharzhevski leg. ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, Zolotarev leg., 07.vii.1977 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) env . Kharkiv, I. Krynicki leg., 1833; 1 spec. (KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, on grass under oak, N. Yunakov leg., 29.v.1995 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) NE Hola Prystan, env. of Burkuty, Dnieper River delta, ravine with birches and blackberry, S. Medvedev leg., 02.vi.1951

Biology. Wet meadows, steppes, floodplains. Adults occur in V–VII, X. On Thalictrum flavum, T. minus (Ranunculaceae) (Ter-Minasian 1950; Lavrukh 1971; Dieckmann 1974)