Datonychus arquata (Herbst)

Curculio arquatus Herbst, 1795

Records. ČER ČNG* ČRK IFR KHE KHM KHR* KYI LUG* LWI POL* RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK [Łomnicki 1877b: 152; Łomnicki 1884: 33; Łomnicki 1886: 225; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Rybiński 1903b: 148; Penecke 1928: 370; Kryshtal 1949: 177; Kryshtal 1956: 320; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Mazur 2002: 228; Colonnelli 2004a: 57; Colonnelli 2004b; Nazarenko 2006b: 165; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47; Nazarenko 2012g: 52; Colonnelli 2013: 190].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Siberia, Russian Far East, North Africa (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Pyratyn Distr., Antonivka, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 16.v.1925 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Savyntsi, Arnoldi leg., 23.vi.1939; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bila Tserkva, V. A. Zaitsev leg., 11.vii.1904; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 9.vi.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Olkhovaya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 7.ix.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.v.1929; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 8.v.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 15.viii.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.v.1924 .

Biology. Wetlands, ruderalhabitats. Adults occur in V–IX. On Lamiaceae: Lycopus europaeus (Hoffmann 1954; Amoldi et al. 1965; Dieckmann 1972b; Ioannisiani 1972; Smreczyński 1974; Kryzhanovskaya 1977; Lohse 1983n; Colonnelli 2004a; Isayev 2007); L. exaltatus, Mentha aquatica (Isayev 2007); M. longifolia (Penecke 1928; Colonnelli 2004a); M. arvensis (Dedyukhin 2012) .