Malvaevora timida (Rossi)

Curculio timida Rossi, 1792

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK DON IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK ODE* TER VINZAP* [Krynicki 1832: 154; Silantiev 1898: XXV; Nazarenko & Moroz 2000: 42; Mazur 2002: 224].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Murzyntsi, 23.v.1910; Crimea: 1spec. (KUMN) 9 km ESE Perevalne, upper course of Burulça River, near peak 978 m, N. Yunakov leg., 23.vi.2002 . 2spec. (KUMN) 8 km ESE Perevalne, Dolgorukovskaya Yaila Mt.Range, Malaya Burulça River sources, N. Yunakov leg., 19.vi.2002 ; 1spec. (KUMN) Kerch, Kiritshenko leg., 03.v.1902 ; 1spec. (KUMN) Ağarmış Mt. Range A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 21.iv.1906 ; 1spec. (KUMN) Staryi Krym, A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 12.v.1906; 1spec. (KUMN) Eupatoria, A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 24.iv.1904 ; 3 spec. (SIZK) Sudak, Dumanskii leg., 17.vi.1905 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Rybache (= Tuvaq), 30.v.1911 ; 18 spec. (SIZK) Karadag, Kistjakovsky leg., 21.vi.1925 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, Kistjakovsky leg., 25.vi.1925; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, S. Paramonov leg., 12.vii.1929; 18 spec. (SIZK) Kerch peninsula, Marfovka, on mallow, A. Bogachev leg., 5.vi.1952 ; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, 47°17'49" N 38°10'58" E, S.I. Medvedev leg., 27.v.1948 ; 1 spec. (KUMN), idem 4.vii.1948; 1 spec. (KUMN), Donetsk, V. Martynov leg., 7.viii.1999 . 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, L. Arnoldi leg., 26.v.1939 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Novoazovsk Distr., Khomutivskyi Step Nature Reserve, absolutely protected area, fescue-feather grass steppe, sweeping, Z.S. Gershenzon leg., 30.vi.1973 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SW of Merefa, Yezerskaya, D. Shapiro leg., 25.v.1947 ; 1 spec. (KUMN), Kharkiv, Sperk leg., 15.vii.1829, 1 spec. (KUMN), idem, Krynicky leg., 15.vii.1828; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Starosillia prope Kiev, V. Sovinskii leg., 22.vii.1922; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SSE Sorokyne [=Krasnodon], Provalskaya steppe Nature Reserve, 48°14'12" N 39°44'32" E, D. Shapiro leg., 1.vii.1949 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) idem, S.I. Medvedev leg., 2.vi.1952; 4 spec. (KUMN), idem S.I. Medvedev leg., 23– 24.vi.1947; 3 spec. (KUMN) idem, Kalinovskyi Division, 48°14'12" N 39°44'32" E, I. Lezhenina leg., 25.v.1999 ; 4 spec. (SIZK) idem, Kalynivka Division, Amaranthaceae, O.Yu. Moroz leg., 22.vi.1999 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Tiligulsky Lyman coast, V. Nazarenko leg., 15.vi.2008 ; Odesa Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN), Vylkove env., Kotomenko leg., 16.vi.1966 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) N Odesa env., Luzanivka forest (= Leski), on Carduus, A.V. Gontarenko leg., 4.vi.1993 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 3 spec. (SVC) Melitopol Distr., Sosnovka, Staroberdyanskyi Forest, E.I. Patsenker leg., 28.vi.1989 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Malvaceae: Malva silvestris, M. pusilla, Althaea officinalis, Lavatera arborea