Sitona inops Gyllenhal

Sitona inops Gyllenhal, 1832

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK DON DNI IFR KRO KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Miller 1868: 25; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 283; Kubisz et al. 1998: 268; Mazur 2002: 239; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Nazarenko 2010d: 89; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia.

Material examined. 51 specimens (KUMN, ZMUN, ZIN, SIZK). Cherkasy Prov .: 3 spec. (SIZK) Murzyntsi, 29.v.1910 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Uman, A. Ushinskii leg., 24.iii.1926; Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kalinino, on alfalfa, V. M. Lobko & O. V. Puchkov leg., 3.vii.1986 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) S slope of Ai-Petrinskaya Yaila Mt.Range, Yaltinsky Nature Reserve, Uchan-Su waterfall env., N. Yunakov leg., 09.v.1999 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Askania- Nova, v.1923; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (LGC) Kazanka Distr., Lisne, A.I. Golovatyuk leg., 7.v.2005 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in IV–IX. Oligophagous on Fabaceae, mostly Medicago spp .