Lasiorhynchites (Stenorhynchites) coeruleocephalus (Schaller)

Curculio coeruleocephalus Schaller, 1783

Records. KHR* LUG RIV VOL [Nazarenko & Moroz 2000a: 89; 2000b: 40; 2001: 39; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51].

Distribution. Europe (excluding north), North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, env. of Dachi railway platform, mixed forest, on oak trunk, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 23.v.2012 ; 4 spec. (KUMN) S env . Kharkiv, near Bezlyudivka, sweeping, B. Loboda leg., 17.vi.2012 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km N Borova, env. of Bohuslavka, xerophytic glade in pine forest, sweeping, Yu.A. Guglya leg., 22.vi.2013 ; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 12 km NE Luhansk, Stanychno-Luhansky Nature Reserve, sweeping, sands, Martynov leg., 27.vi.1999 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, on Prunus spinosa, O.Yu. Moroz leg., 18.vi.1999 .

Biology. Forests. Adults occur in V–IX. Imago on Betula spp. ( Betulaceae), larvae live in Pinus spp. ( Pinaceae) (Dieckmann 1974)