Trachodes (Trachodes) hispidus (Linnaeus)

Curculio hispidus Linnaeus, 1758

Records. ČER IFR KHR KYI LUG LWI ZAK [Nowicki 1864: 37; 1865: 37; Łomnicki 1866: 8; 1884: 31; 1886: 208; Cherkunov 1889: 188; Łomnicki 1905: 72; Penecke 1928: 360; Arnoldi 1956: 296; Yunakov 1999b: 137; Mazur 2002: 241; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2003: 83; Nazarenko 2008b: 143; Berest et al. 2008: 46].

Distribution. Europe (excluding south and east) (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013).

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Zmiiv Distr., 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env., 49°36'52" N 36°19'12" E, 150m, deciduous forest, on Tilia sp., V. V. Terekhova leg., 28.vii.2008 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK), env . Kyiv; 3 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Lysa Hora, near swamp, pitfall traps, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 14–21.iv.2000 and 2– 11.vi.2000 .

Biology. Deciduous forests. Adults occur in IV–VI. Larvae are stem miners in dead wood.

Note. Apperantly, Arnoldi and co-authors (1965) have confused Crimean specimens of T. hystrix with T. hispidus .