Otiorhynchus (Cryphiphorus) ligustici (Linnaeus)

Curculio ligustici Linnaeus, 1758

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON DNI IFR KHE* KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG MYK* LWI ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAP ZAK ŽIT [Andrzeiowski 1823: 98; Krynicki 1832: 149; Belke 1859a: 53; Belke 1866: 504; Miller 1868: 27; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Jacentkowski 1906: 28; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Globova1958: 167; 1963: 114; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 263; Kubisz et al. 1998: 266; Yunakov, 1998: 41; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 39; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 122; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Yunakov 2003c: 268; Nazarenko 2010d: 88; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. West Palaearctic; introduced to Canada (Douglas et al., 2013)

Material examined. 92 spec. (KUMN, SIZK, ZIN) including: Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Lezhenina leg., 22.iv.1986; Mykolaiv Prov. : 1 spec. (photo observation) Mykolaiv, N47.041586, E32.098274, R. Stepoviy leg., 2.v.2016 .

Biology. Meadows in forests, bushlands and steppes. Bisexual populations are mostly restricted to broad belt of north coast of Black Sea and Balkans and single male was collected in Zhytomyr Province. The other parts of its huge range are occupied by parthenogenetic populations. Adults occur in IV–VIII. Polyphagous.