Magdalis (Porrothus) cerasi (Linnaeus)

Curculio cerasi Linnaeus, 1758

Magdalinus striatulus Desbrochers des Loges, 1870

Records. ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Nowicki 1858: 17; 1864: 36; Belke 1866: 505; Nowicki 1873: 38; Łomnicki 1884: 32; 1886: 213; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Kulikowski 1897: 211; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Penecke 1932: 355; Medvedev 1950c: 100; Kryshtal 1959: 79; Barrios 1986: 390; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 233; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53; Nazarenko 2009b: 500; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Nazarenko 2010b: 174].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle East and East Siberia) (Barrios & Korotyaev 2013)

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 6 km NNW Snezhnoe, env. of Andreevka, on Quercus sp., S. Medvedev leg., 27.v.1952 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, Bartenev leg., 27.v.1988; 1 spec. (KUMN) 9 km N Chuhuiv, env. of Tetlega, sweeping in oak forest, K.S. Nadein leg., 12.vi.1997 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, on Quercus robur, N. Yunakov leg., 17.v.1997 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Lesopark, sweeping, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 27.v.1996 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Muromets Island, Druzhby Narodov, oak forest, I.N. Pavlusenko leg., 21.v.2009; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., Chudel Park, Urochyshche Dubki, glade in oak forest, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2008 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 24 km N Svaliava, Zhdenevo, 07.vii.1964 .

Biology. Forests, shrublands, gardens. Adults occur in V–VII. Oligophagous on Rosaceae trees and shrubs: Malus communis, Pyrus amygdaliformis, Crataegus oxyacanthoides, Mespilus germanica, Sorbus aucuparia, S. domestica . Adults feed on leaves, larva develops in stems (Hoffmann 1954; Barrios 1986).