Ellescus infirmus (Herbst)

Curculio infirmus Herbst, 1795

Records. ČER ČRK IFR KHE* KYI LUG* LWI POL* TER ZAK [Miller 1868: 27; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Penecke 1928: 375; Kryshtal 1949: 178; Kryshtal 1956: 320; Mazur 2002: 229; Nazarenko 2005a: 92; Nazarenko 2007b: 232; Nazarenko 2010d: 86; Nazarenko 2014c: 46].

Distribution. Europe, Siberia, Russian Far East, Japan (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Ostapje, 5.vii.1913; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 30.iv.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 27.v.1928; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Monast. Korsunskij, cursus in fl. Dnjepr. S.Medvedev, 9.viii.1925 .

Biology. Shrublands. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Salicaceae: Salix caprea (Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1988); S. alba (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); S. purpurea (Dieckmann 1988); S. pentandra, S. triandra, S. viminalis (Dedyukhin 2012) .