Cyanapion (Cyanapion) columbinum (Germar)

Apion columbinum Germar, 1817

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHM KYI LUG* LWI RIV TER VIN VOL [Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Penecke 1928: 383; Khrolinsky 1965: 115; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 225; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 165].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Levant, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, West Siberia, North Africa (Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir River valley, A. Bazhenov leg., 14.vii.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 17.vii.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Toply [= Topolevka]. near Stary Krym, Kh. Shaposhnikov leg., 30.viii.1932; 2 spec. (ZIN) Mezhgorye, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 11.ix.1980 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Likhosherstov leg., 17.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1.vii.1928; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (VColl) 3 km N Turiisk, sweeping grass, P.L. Voitko leg., 13.vi.2013

Biology. Grasslands, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Lathyrus latifolius (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977); L. sylvestris, L. tuberosus (Dieckmann 1977); Medicago falcata, Melilotus officinalis (Khrolinsky 1965) .