Larinus (Larinus) cynarae (Fabricius)

Curculio cynarae Fabricius, 1787

Records. KHR ODE [Kulikovsky 1897: 198; Shapiro 1930: 142].

Distribution. Mediterranean, Iran (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Literature data only.

Biology. Grasslands. Oligophagous on Cardueae (Asteraceae) (Hoffmann 1954; Olivieri et al. 2008).

Notes. Łomnicki (1913) recorded in ‘Podolia’. Occurrence in Ukraine requires confirmation.