Larinus (Phyllonomeus) sturnus (Schaller)

Curculio sturnus Schaller, 1783

Records. CRI* ČER ČNG ČRK* DNI DON IFR KHM KHR KRO KYI* LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN * VOL* ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [Chernay 1854: 244; Belke 1859a: 53; Łomnicki 1870: 81; 1875: 176, 1884: 31; Nowicky 1873: 35; Lukjanovitch 1928: 250; Penecke 1928: 358; Shapiro 1930: 142; Roubal 1941: 161; Medvedev 1953a: 77; Kharakoz 1955: 158; Tveritina 1956: 137, 143; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Volovnik 1996: 319; Kubisz et al. 1998: 269; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 231; Nazarenko 2009a: 42, 2009b: 500].

Distribution. West Palearctic (excluding north) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 152 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUM) from 19 provinces were studied. Cherkasy Prov.: 4 spec. (ZMUM) Kaniv, on Carduus, 14.vi.1955 ; Crimea: 2 spec. (KUMN) Koktebel, A. Shekhovtsov leg., 11.vii.2009; 1 spec. (KUMN) Crimean Nature Reserve, Svitla Polyana SHQ, Shatrovsky leg., 18.vi.1980 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) Bakhchisaray, Bohate Canyon, A. Shekhovtsov leg., 3.viii.2009; 1 spec. (SIZK) Khyr-Alan Mt. Range near Yalta, Alma River valley, 24.vi.1956 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) Bilohirsk Distr., Bila Skelya, S. V. Volovnik, 18.v.1983 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alushta, Kastel Mt., N. Kuznetsov, 2.vi.1900; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 31.vii.1899; 1 spec. (ZMUM) Artek, L. Semyonovykh, v.1939; 1 spec. (SIZK) Yalta Forestry, 14.vi.1951; 1 spec. (SIZK) Feodosia Distr., foothill of Agarmish Mt. near Stary Krym, 10.vi.1957 ; Kyiv Prov.: 3 spec. (ZMUK) Zhulyany, 6.vi.1974; 1 spec. (SIZK) Irpin, Dirsch leg., 9.vii.1925; 1 spec. (SIZK) Brovary Distr., Zavorychi, L. V. Vasylyev leg., 19–25.vii.1977 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Boyarka, 17.vi.1912; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Voznesensk Distr., Olexandrivka, left bank of Yuzhny Buh River, S. V. Volovnik leg., 25.v.1982; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhmerinka Distr., Noskivtsy, Jacentkowski leg., 10.vi.1903; 1 spec. (SIZK) Mohyliv-Podilskyi Distr., Doroshiv, forest, 19.vi.1965; Volyn Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Lutsk Distr., Olsufyev; Zhytomyr Prov.: 12 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, Proschiga leg., 1.x.1921; 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, Proschiga leg., 30.v.1922; 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, Proschiga leg., 4.ix.1921; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (FRC) 5 km S from Zaporizhia, S. Alexeenko leg., 10.v. 2003 .

Biology. Humid ruderal and forest habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. Oligophagous on Carduus, Cirsium Centaurea, Arctium spp. ( Asteraceae) (Batra et al. 1971; Volovnik 1996a; Skuhrovec & Gosik 2011).