Exapion (Exapion) elongatulum (Desbrochers des Loges)

Apion elongatulum Desbrochers, 1891

Records. CRI ČER ČNG* ČRK DNI KHE KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG LWI SUM TER VIN ŽIT* [Penecke 1928: 380; Kryshtal, 1949: 179; Medvedev 1953b: 1133; Kryshtal, 1956: 322; Kryshtal 1959: 80; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 154; Khrolinsky 1965: 108; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; 1965b: 337; 1966: 333; 1970: 80; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 226; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 220; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 44; Nazarenko 2009c: 39; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 158; Nazarenko 2013b: 16].

Distribution. Europe (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Pryluky, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 13.vi.1924 ; Kherson Prov.: 4 spec. (ZIN) Oleshki, P. Egorov leg., 25.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) 10 km N of Tsuryupinsk, sands, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 31.v.1974 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv; 2 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv env., Sviatoshyne; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 11.vi.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr, B. Sakanowski leg., 21.iv.1920; 4 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 20.v.1927 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, sands. Adults occur in V–IX. On Fabaceae: Cytisus hirsutus, Lembotropis nigricans (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); Calophaca wolgarica, Caragana frutex, Cytisus borysthenicus (Solodovnikova 1963a); Genista tinctoria (Solodovnikova 1963a; Khrolinsky 1965); Cytisus ruthenicus (Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965); C. albus, C. ratisbonensis, Genista pilosa, G. sagittalis (Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c).