Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer)

Curculio horridus Panzer, 1801

Ceuthorrhynchidius spinosus: auct. [MI] not Goeze, 1777

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI IFR KHE* KHM KHR* KYI LWI ODE* POL* TER VIN ZAK [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1837: 505; Miller 1868: 27; Lindemann 1871: 201; Łomnicki 1884: 33; Łomnicki 1886: 223; Rybiński 1903b: 148; Penecke 1928: 367; Korotyaev 1980: 251; Isayev 1994: 66; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 307; Kubisz et al. 1998: 275; Mazur 2002: 241; Colonnelli 2004a: 64; Colonnelli 2004b; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Nazarenko 2010a: 705; Colonnelli 2013: 204; Nazarenko 2015; 20].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant; introduced in North America, South America and Australia (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Dubki, 25.v.1918; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, G. Kachowski leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Kiritschenko leg., 29.v.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg. ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch Jacentkowski leg., 25.v.1900; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 4.iii.1901; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, Kirichenko leg., 15.iv.1902; 2 spec. (ZIN) Sabli, Kiritschenko leg., 1.v.1907; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Balaklia Distr., nr Protopopivka, Siversky Donets River, N. Yunakov leg., 27.vi.2000 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Berezivka Distr.: Vormsovo [= Vynohradne], 10.vi.1925 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Novotroitsk Distr., Vasylivka, Churyuk Island, S. V. Volovnik leg., 20.vi.1986 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 18.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, ix.1926 .

Biology. Floodland meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in III–IX. On Asteraceae: Carduus acanthoides (Penecke 1928); C. crispus, C. nutans, Cirsium arvense (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1974); Onopordum acanthium (Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974; Angelov 1979); Cirsium vulgare (Smreczyński 1974); Carduus thoermeri (Dedyukhin 2012); Centaurea solstitialis (occasionally) (Colonnelli 2004a).