Alocentron (Alocentron) curvirostre (Gyllenhal)

Apion curvirostre Gyllenhal, 1833

Records. CRI ČRK DON* KHM KHR* LUG LWI TER VIN [Kryshtal 1959: 80; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 154; 1965a: 8; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 223; Nazarenko & Moroz 2000b: 40; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 39; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51].

Distribution. Central and East Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, West Siberia, North Africa (Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) ‘ Tauria’; 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 29.iv.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir River valley, A. Bazhenov leg., 13.vii.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Agarmysh, Kirichenko leg., 1.vii.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Toply [= Topolevka]. near Stary Krym, Shaposhnikov leg., 30.viii.1932; 3 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissya, H. Barrios leg., 10.vi.1982 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Mariupol Distr., Velykoanadolskyi Forest, Silantjev leg. ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Chuhuiv, Motsch [ulskii leg.], 28.iv .;

Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 20.vi.1928; 5 spec. (ZIN) idem, Talicky leg., 14.vi.1929; 2 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Olkhovaya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 25.v.1928 .

Biology. Steppes, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Malvaceae: Alcea rosea (Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Malva sylvestris (Smreczyński 1965) .