Conorhynchus nigrivittis (Pallas)

Curculio nigrivittis Pallas, 1781

Records. KHE KHR POL ZAP* [Volovnik 1984: 40; Ter-Minasian 1988: 24].

Distribution Palaearctic (excluding north) (Angelov 1978; Fremuth 1982; Cholokava 1996; Meregalli & Fremuth 2013; Arzanov 2015).

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Dergachy; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson, 16.v.1959; 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson; 1 spec. (SSC) Skadovsk Distr., Dzharylhach Island, S.I. Suchkov leg., 5.vii.2015; 1 spec. (NSPU) Hola Pristan Distr., Burkuty, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 5.vii.1996; 1 spec. (NSPU) idem, 1.vii.1996 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SSC) Pryazovske Distr., Stepanovskaya Spit, S.I. Suchkov leg., 28.iv.2000; 1 spec. (IKC) Melitopol Distr., Tikhonovka, under dry dung, I. V. Kovalev leg., 19.iv.2008 .

Biology. Sandy and salty habitats. Adults occur in IV–VII. Host plants in Ukraine are not yet detected but in

Great Britain adults probably feed on Calluna vulgaris (Ericaceae) (Bullock 1992).