Rhinusa tetra (Fabricius)

Curculio tetrum Fabricius, 1792

Cionus thapsicolus Germar, 1821

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK [Cherkunov 1889: 193; Penecke 1928: 377; Shapiro 1930: 143; Shapiro 1940a: 53; 1940b: 364; Kryshtal 1949: 179; Tveritina 1956: 138; Globova 1958: 168; Tveritina 1962: 40; Izrajlevich & Lapin 1990: 49; Kubisz et al. 1998: 276; Mazur 2002: 229; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54; Nazarenko 2005a: 92; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47 ( tetra, thapsicola); Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Nazarenko 2010d: 89; 2012f: 54; Puchkov et al. 2013: 133].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding West Siberia), Nearctic Region (introduced) (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) near Koktebel, meadows, A. V. Parkhomenko leg., 16.vi.2008;

Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation) Mykolaiv env., Zaichivske, N47.041586, E32.098274, R. Stepoviy leg., 3.v.2016 .

Biology. Meadows, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in VI. Oligophagous on Verbascum spp. ( Scrophulariaceae) (Smreczyński 1976; Caldara 2014)