Protapion interjectum interjectum (Desbrochers des Loges)

Apion interjectum Desbrochers, 1895

Records. KHM KYI LWI POL* TER VIN ŽIT* [Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2010a: 704; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 174; Nazarenko 2012d: 190; Nazarenko 2012g: 51].

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

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, meadows, Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.vi.1937; Kharkiv Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, Arnoldi leg., 29.iv.1919; 1 spec. (ZIN) Savyntsi, Arnoldi leg., 23.vi.1939; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 4.vii.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.viii.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Lubny, Lazowski leg., 29.vi.1905; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 21.vi.1897 .

Biology. Forest edge, xerothermic grasslands. Adults occur in IV–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Trifolium montanum (Fabaceae) (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977; Mazur 2002).