Hypera (Hypera) nigrirostris (Fabricius)

Curculio nigrirostris Fabricius, 1775

Records. ČER ČNG ČRK IFR KHM KHR KRO KYI LWI ODE POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 172; Belke 1858: 362; Nowicki 1858: 17; 1864: 35; 1865: 35; Łomnicki 1868: 137; Miller 1868: 24; Lindeman 1871: 194; Nowicki 1873: 35; Łomnicki 1884: 30; 1886: 203; Cherkunov 1889: 188; Rybiński 1903b: 144; Łomnicki 1905: 73; Penecke 1928: 362; Pyatakova 1930: 316; Shapiro 1930: 142; Petrukha 1949: 120; Kryshtal 1949: 175; Nemyrovska 1954: 91; Tveritina 1956: 137; Kryshtal 1959: 77; Nazarenko et al. 1998c: 117; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Mazur 2002: 230; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 38; Nazarenko 2005a: 92; 2007d: 232; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47; Nazarenko 2009b: 500; 2010d: 86; 2012f: 52].

Distribution. Palaearctic, introduced to North America (Skuhrovec 2013)

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Uman, A. V. Ushinsky leg., 8.iv.1924; 2 spec. (ZMUK) Kaniv, bioreserve, Podgrushnaja, 20.vi.1955 ; 1 spec. (ZMUK) Kaniv, bioreserve, 2.vii.1951 ; Chernihiv Prov.: 2 spec. (NSPU) Danev DMG of Bobrovitsky Distr., P.N. Sheshurak leg., 22–23. iv.1990 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SSW Zmiiv, Homilshanski Lisy National Park, Urochyshche Nizhnie Melnitsy, deciduous forest, meadow, sweeping A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 18.vi.1994 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 17.vi.1992 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, A.F. Bartenev leg., 04.v.1991 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, on Elytrigia sp., N. Yunakov leg., 03.vi.1995 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) E Merefa, floodland River Mzha near st. Mzha, sweeping on meadow, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 17.vi.1996 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Lyubotyn, Shekhovtsov leg., 30–31.v.2009 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Chuhuiv, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 14.iv.1994 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 13.iv.1994; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kamianets-Podilskyi, right bank of Smotrich River, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 9.vii.1994 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Sovkhoz Sovki, A.A. Petrenko leg., 13.vi.1974 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Trifolium field, A.A. Petrenko leg., 19.vi.1974 ; Lviv Prov .: 1 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, R. Ratkevych leg., 18.vi.1919 ; 1 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, R. Gartel leg., 14.iv.1916 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SW Lviv, Obroshine railway station, forest boundary, N. Yunakov leg., 13.vi.1995 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Lviv, Pogulianka, V. M. Lazorko leg., 21.viii.1934 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Lviv, Zubra, V. M. Lazorko leg., 12.vi.1941 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) Znesinnja, V. M. Lazorko leg., 25.ii.1935 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Vylkove, floodland Danube, meadow, Kotomenko leg., 17.vi.1966 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., Urochyshche Dubky, R. O. Zhuravchak leg., 6–14.iv.2008 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., env. Sarny, Chudel, Urochyshche Dubky, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 17.vi.2008 ; Ternopil Prov .: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 40 km SE Ternopil, Medobory Nature Reserve, env. of Paivka, Urochyshche Shypshyna, sweeping, steppe, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 03.vii.2005 ; Vinnytsia Prov.: 4 spec. (KUMN) Vinnitsa, marsh, Trapeznikova leg., 26.vii.1997 ; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Volyn', Besser leg., 1830; 3 spec. (ZMUK) near Lutsk, Trifolium, 7.vi.1957 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Velyky Bereznyi Distr., Mala Berezna, E. Tereznikova leg., 31.vii.1957 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 15 km SE Mizhhiria, Mereshor env., marsh, N. Yunakov leg., 17.vi.1995 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Rakhiv Distr., S slope Hoverla—Breskul, 1300–1400 m, glades in pine forest, V. M. Ermolenko leg., 13.vi.1997 .

Biology. Meadows, bushlands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Fabaceae ( Trifolium, Chrysaspis, Medicago, Ononis) (Nazarenko et al. 1998c; Mazur 2002; Skuhrovec 2005).