Catapion pubescens (Kirby)

Apion pubescens Kirby, 1811

Apion civicum Germar, 1817

Records. CRI* ČER IFR KHM KHR KYI LWI RIV TER VIN VOL [Chernay 1854: 240; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Hormuzaki 1891: 174; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Penecke 1928: 381; Khrolinsky 1965: 110; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1966: 333; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a: 164].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Alupka, N.N. Filippov leg., 16.ix.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) Mezhgorie, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 11.ix.1980 .

Biology. Forest edge, xerothermic grasslands. Adults occur in III–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Trifolium aureum, T. campestre, T. dubium (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Coronilla scorpioides (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977); T. hybridum, T. medium, T. pratense (Fabaceae) (Dieckmann 1977).