Apion rubiginosum Grill

Apion rubiginosum Grill, 1893

Apion sanguineum auct. [MI] not De Geer, 1775

Records. ČER ČRK IFR KHM KHR KYI LWI ODE POL* SUM TER ZAK [Belke 1859a: 53; Belke 1859b: 74; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Łomnicki 1905: 85; Penecke 1928: 381; Kryshtal 1956: 321; Khrolinsky 1965: 110; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; 1965b: 336; 1966: 333; 1970: 81; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2006b: 164; Nazarenko 2010d: 81; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 149; Nazarenko 2012g: 50].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kaniv Biosphere Reserve, L. V. Vasiliev leg., 29.vi.1979 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, B. Iljin leg., vi.1909; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary env., Biological station, Arnoldi leg., 19.iv.1918 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.v.1918; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.v.1918; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 13.v.1919; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 1906;

Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, left bank of Dnieper River, Horbachykha urochyshche, sweeping on psammophytic vegetation, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 4.viii.2000 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 8.viii.1926; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Tiachiv Distr., E. Tereznikova leg., 18.vii.1957 .

Biology. Pine forests, sandy and disturbed habitats. Adults occur in IV–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Rumex acetosella (Polygonaceae) (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Mazur 2002).