Byctiscus populi (Linnaeus)

Curculio populi Linnaeus, 1758

Records. ČER ČNG* ČRK DNI IFR KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG* LWI MYK ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 169; Belke 1858: 361; Nowicki 1858: 18; 1864: 33; 1865: 33; Belke 1866; Łomnicki 1868: 151; Miller 1868: 24; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Nowicki 1870: 11; Lindeman 1871: 197; Nowicki 1873: 39; Łomnicki 1875: 178; 1884: 35; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Kulikowski 1897: 214; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 21; Penecke 1928: 384; Pyatakova 1930: 335; Shapiro 1930: 144; Medvedev 1950c: 99; Medvedev et al. 1953: 22; Kryshtal 1956: 310, 312; Tveritina 1956: 141; 1966: 52; Lavrukh 1969: 61; 1972: 28; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 218; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 36; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 122; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Nazarenko et al. 2004: 69; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 44; Sumarokov 2009: 163; Nazarenko 2010d: 81].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle East, North Africa) (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Ca. 100 specimens (KUMN, SIZK, NSPU) including: Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Ripky Distr., Hrybova Rudnya, A.S. Voblenko leg., 11.vi.1982 ; 1 spec. (NSPU) Snovsk Distr., Luka, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 11.vii.1994 ; 1 spec. (NSPU) Koriukivka Distr., Kholmy, A.S. Voblenko leg., 13.vii. 1984 ; 1 spec. (NSPU) env. Novgorod-Siverskyi, Desna River, S . V. Vojtsun leg., 13.vi.1997; 1 spec. (NSPU) Chernihiv Distr., Sedniv, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 9. v. 1989 ; 2 spec. (NSPU) Obolon; 3 spec. (NSPU) Korop Distr., Desna River valley, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 20.vii.1993 and 30.v.2001 ; 1 spec. (NSPU) Borzna Distr., env. of Jaduty, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 23.x.1988 ; 1 spec. (NSPU) Bobrovitsia Distr., Rakytne, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 8.vii.1993 ; 3 spec. (NSPU) Nizhyn, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 14.v.1987 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE Luhansk, near Nyzhneteple, floodland of Siversky Donets River, S.I. Medvedev leg., 31.v.1953 .

Biology. Forests, parks. Adults occur in IV–X. On Populus spp. ( Salicaceae) (Dieckmann 1974)