Bruchela rufipes (Olivier)

Bruchus rufipes Olivier, 1790

Records. CRI KHM KHE LUG LWI TER ŽIT [Belke 1866: 504; Cmoluch 1989: 16; Kubisz et al. 1998: 263].

Distribution. Central and South Europe, North Africa.

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Saky Distr., Mezhgorskoye, Bogachev leg., 26.vi.1953 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Bilohirsk env. Nikitin S. leg., 30.v.1976; 1 spec. (KUMN) Simferopol, Nikolayeva leg., 02.vii.1953;

Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Malaya Lepetikha—Pervomayevka, S.I. Medvedev leg., 18.vi.1951; Luhansk Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) Starobelsk uezd, Bilovodsk env., 30.v.1914 .

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in V–VI. Oligophagous on Reseda spp. ( Resedaceae); larva in seeds (Cmoluch 1989)