Cionus hortulanus (Geoffroy)

Curculio hortulanus Geoffroy, 1785

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE* KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI MYK ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP* ŽIT [Hummel 1827: 41; Belke 1859a: 53; Belke 1859b: 75; Miller 1868: 27; Lindemann 1871: 199; Król 1877: 56; Łomnicki 1884: 33; Łomnicki 1886: 218; Hormuzaki 1888: 153; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Rybiński 1903b: 152; Łomnicki 1905: 82; Penecke 1928: 378; Shapiro 1930: 144; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Kryshtal 1949: 179; Tveritina 1953: 62; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Globova 1958: 167; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 308; Nadvorny 1996: 60; Gumovsky 1997: 55–56; Kubisz et al. 1998: 276; Mazur 2002: 226; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Caldara 2004a; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Sumarokov 2009: 177; Kravchenko 2010: 61; Nazarenko 2012g: 52; Caldara 2013a: 123; Nazarenko 2013b: 21].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Levant, Siberia (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Yasynya, Zaslavsky leg., 29.v.1958 ;

Rivne Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Ostrog Distr., Chernyakhovo, Neklyudov leg., 1–5.vii.1900 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 17 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Bahovitsa, Grum-Grzhimailo leg., vi.1895 ; 9 spec. (ZIN) idem, 19.v.– 8.vi.1895; 2 spec. (ZIN) Bahovitsa, N48.613172, E26.728403, Sainog leg., 5–9.vi.1896 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1896; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10–15.vii.1896; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 26.v.1908 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 11.vi.1908; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vii.1908; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 6.v.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 31.v.1911; Zhytomyr Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Borschiv, 12 km from Radomyshl, Birulya leg., 8.vi.1910 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Lyubar Distr., Motovylivka, E. Zvierezomb-Zubovsky, 25.v.1912 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bez .- Kiev, vi.1917; Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha env., Drabovo, 5.vii.1916; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizericki leg., vi.1907 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1.vii.1909; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Seredyna Buda Distr., near Bilousivka, q. 133, left bank of the Ulichka River, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 19.vi.2006 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, environs of Stara Huta, right bank of the Ulichka River, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 22.vi.2006 ;

Poltava Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 5.vi.1910; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1911; 13 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 4.vii.1926; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 31.vii.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 2.vii.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Svinkovka, D. Ogloblin leg., 10.vi.1912 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1913; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1913; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv, Arnoldi leg., vi.1917; 4 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, Biological station, Arnoldi leg., viii.1934 ; Donetsk Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 28.v.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 10.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Prishib, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) Steppe along Nyrkovo-Vyemka, Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1939; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 12.vi.1928; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zaporizhia, A. Koval leg., vii.1971; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Ananyev Distr., Chernovo, Tiligul River, D. Znoiko leg., 8.vi.1921; 9 spec. (ZIN) idem, 19.vi.1921; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, Malyshev leg., 31.vii.1911; Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Krim, Toply, VII; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tavel, Kiritschenko leg., 1.vi.1907 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Kiritschenko leg., 12.iv.1902; 1 spec. (ZIN) Agarmish, Kirichenko leg., 21.v.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 22.v.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 24.v.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.vi.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Taushan-Bazar, B. Grigoriev, 1.vii.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 7.vii.1907 .

Biology. Meadows in forests, wet grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Scrophulariaceae: Scrophularia nodosa, S. umbrosa (Wingelmüller 1937; Hoffmann 1958); Verbascum nigrum, V. phlomoides (Wingelmüller 1937; Smreczyński 1976); Limosella aquatica (it is probably misidentified Scrophularia umbrosa) (Smreczyński 1976); V. phoeniceum, V. thapsus (Gumovsky 1997); V. lychnitis (Isayev 2007) .