Apion frumentarium (Linnaeus)

Curculio frumentarium Linnaeus, 1758

Apion miniatum Germar, 1833

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI IFR KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI ODE POL* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT [Krynicki 1832: 145; Germar in Schoenherr 1833: 283; Schoenherr 1839: 411; Nowicki 1864: 33; Lindemann 1871: 197; Król 1877: 55; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 234; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Hildt 1893: 232; Kulikowski 1897: 212; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Łomnicki 1905: 85; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 76; Penecke 1928: 381; Shapiro 1930: 144; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Globova 1958: 167; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Khrolinsky 1965: 111; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; Solodovnikova 1965b: 336; Solodovnikova 1966: 333; Solodovnikova 1968: 30; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 219; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 122; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko 2007b: 231; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Nazarenko 2009c: 37; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Nazarenko 2010d: 81; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 149; Nazarenko 2012d: 190; Nazarenko 2012g: 50; Nazarenko 2013b: 15; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 17].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Domantovo, V. Kizeritsky leg., 4.vii.1914; Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Baturin, Olsufyev leg., 15.v.1905; Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Dzhalman, G. Kachowski leg., 3.v.1911 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1.xi.1911; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.xi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 19.xi.1911; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv env., S. Iljin leg., 4.vi.1891; 1 spec. (ZIN) Derhachi, B. Iljin leg., 28.vii.1913 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 10.iv.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 16.iv.1911; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Elisavetgrad [=Kropyvnytskyi], E. Jacentkowski leg., vii.1902 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) near Luhansk, St. Baronskaya, Talicky leg., 31.v.1929 ;

Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Chernovo, Tiligul River, D. Znoiko leg., 15.v.1921 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Pyriatyn uezd, 5.vi.1913 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 15.v.1922; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 11.v.1926; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Shostka env., Kurnakov leg., 11.vi.1940 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1940;

Zakarpatska Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Beregove Distr., Velyka Bakta, A. Koval leg., 4.ix.1976 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.ix.1976; 1 spec. (ZIN) Uzhhorod Distr., N of Storozhnitsa, N. Yunakov leg., 1.vii.2000 .

Biology. Wetlands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–XI. On Polygonaceae: Rumex sanguineus (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); R. conglomeratus, R. obtusifolius (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); R. hydrolapathum (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); R. acetosella (Solodovnikova 1963a); R. crispus (Solodovnikova 1963a; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); R. patientia (Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); R. confertus (Isayev 2007); R. aquaticus, R. longifolius, R. maritimus (Dedyukhin 2012) .