Larinus (Larinus) pollinis (Laicharting)

Curculio pollinis Laicharting, 1781

Curculio brevis Herbst 1795, [HN].

Curculio senilis Fabricius, 1801 [HN].

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK* DON* KHR* KYI LWI ODE* TER VIN ZAK [Łomnicki 1884: 31; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Penecke 1928: 358; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Roubal 1941: 161; Tveritina 1956: 137, 139; Mazur 2002: 230; Kravets 2016: 124].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north) (Baytenov 1974; Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kaniv Reserve, Globova leg., 26.vii.1948; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZMUM) Alushta Distr., Malorichenske [= Kuchuk-Uzen], park, D. Romashov leg, 16.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZMUM) idem, 24.vii.1911; 1 spec. (IMC) Feodosia, Dvoyakirna Bay, 6.vi.1903 ; Donetsk Prov.: Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S. V. Volovnik leg., 1.viii.1982 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaydary, A. Drogvalenko leg., 15.vi.1992; 1 spec. (KUMN) Chuhuiv Distr., Tetlega, K. Nadein leg., 11.vi.1997; 1 spec. (KUMN) Vovchansk Distr., Khotomlya, grassland, Yu. Guglya leg., 6.viii.2005; 3 spec. (KUMN) Krasnokutsk, Yu. Skrylnik leg., 30–31.v.2007; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) 1 spec. (IMC) Ananyiv, 25.vii; Zakarpatska Prov .: 1 spec. (IMC) Synevir Lake, I. V. Maltsev leg., vii.1966 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in VI–VIII. Oligophagous on Carlina spp. ( Asteraceae) (Cmoluch 1965; Isayev & Zotov 2003; Skuhrovec & Gosik 2011).