Charagmus gressorius (Fabricius)

Curculio gressorius Fabricius, 1792

Sitona gressorius (Fabricius, 1792)

Records. CRI* KHR* KYI LWI [Łomnicki 1886; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Arnoldi et al. 1965: 534; Mazur 2002: 239].

Distribution. Europe, North Africa.

Material examined. Crimea: 1m (ZIN) “Alma, 2.v.10”; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, Datshi railway platform env., on Genista tinctoria, N. Yunakov leg., 26.viii.2013 .

Biology. Grasslands and mixed forests at sands or sandy soils. Adults occur in V–X. Oligophagous on Fabaceae, mostly on Genista tinctoria (original data), Cytisus scoparius, Lupinus spp., and Ornithopus perpusillus (Dieckmann 1980) .