Rutidosoma graminosum (Gistel)

Curculio graminosus Gistel, 1857

Curculio globulus Herbst, 1795 [HN].

Records. ČER DON IFR KHR KYI LUG LWI POL RIV VOL ZAK [Miller 1868: 27; Weise 1876: 110; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Lazorko 1963: 84; Korotyaev 1980: 120; Mazur 2002: 239].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Africa and Middle East) (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN), N of Volnovakha, Velykoanadolskyi Forest, D. Shapiro leg., 3.vi.1937; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Pyatikhatki, 50, 088158°N 36, 285183°E, B. Loboda leg., 12.viii.2009 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Balakliia Distr., 23 km SE Balakliia, Protopopivka env., Siverskyi Donets River, mixed forest, N. Yunakov leg., 27.vi.2000 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, Dachi railway platform env., meadow, N. Yunakov leg., 18.v.1998 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Lysa Hora, 50, 394453°N 30, 544856°E, V. Nazarenko leg., 27.v.1999, 25.vii.1999 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk, Talicky leg., 26.v.1927; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rivnensky Nature Reserve, 51, 385278°N 26, 851111°E, V. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2008 .

Biology. Floodplains and deciduous forests. Adults occur in V–IX. On Populus tremula and P. alba (Salicaceae)