Hypera (Hypera) plantaginis (De Geer)

Curculio plantaginis De Geer, 1775

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI IFR KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG LWI ODE POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP* [Chernay 1854: 172; Nowicki 1864: 34; 1865: 34; Lindeman 1871: 194; Łomnicki 1884: 30; 1886: 202; Hormuzaki 1888: 153; Cherkunov 1889: 188; Rybiński 1903b: 144; Penecke 1928: 362; Pyatakova 1930: 316; Kryshtal 1937: 412; 1949: 175; 1959: 77; Tveritina 1956: 137; Nazarenko et al. 1998c: 118; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Gontarenko & Nazarenko 2000: 46; Mazur 2002: 230; Nazarenko 2005a: 92; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Nazarenko 2010d: 86; 2012f: 52; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor (Skuhrovec 2013)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Bobrovitsky Distr., Rokitne, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 9.vii.1993 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Derkul, salt grassland with Artemisia, 11.vi.1952 ; Chernivtsi Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Chernivtsi Distr., Zhuchka, slope near pond, reared from larva, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.1995 ;

Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUK) Chervona Sloboda, 17.vi.1949; 1 spec. (ZMUK) Kaniv; 1 spec. (SIZK) near Uman, Sukhy Yar, A. V. Ushinsky leg., 8.iv.1923 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) 9 km NNW Sudak, env. of Lesnoe, Sudak Forestry, glade in forest, V. S. Solodovnikova leg., 17.vi.1957 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Crimean Nature Reserve, glade behind Kebit-Bogaz, shaded place under trees, Levchinskaya leg., 16.vii.1956 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alushta, S bank of Krym, N. Kuznetsov leg., 13–15.v.1900; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 14 km NW Izyum, Lysogorka, floodplain forest, right bank of Siverskyi Donets River, sweeping on glade, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 25.iv.1994 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, A.F. Bartenev leg., 05.vi.1987 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 8 km W Kehychivka, Hutyrivka, dry slope, N. Yunakov leg., 06.vii.1995 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) W env. Kharkiv, Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg., 23.v.1928; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Pavlovo Field, Botanical Garden, humid clover glade under pine trees, Yu.A. Guglya leg., 12.v.2012; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv env., Simin leg., 4.vi.1891; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Pivdenna bus terminal, meadow, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 2.vii.1994 ; Lviv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Lviv, Holosko, ponds, Jarosevych leg., 16.v.1943; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Krotonkovo, Vorskla River, V. G. Nadvorny leg., 30.iv.1979 ; Odesa Prov .: 2 spec. (GC) N Odesa env., Luzanovskij Les, concrete drain on the slope near sea, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 15.iv.1994 ; 1 spec. (GC) idem, slope near sea, under stone, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 29.iv.1994; 1 spec. (GC) ca. 80 km N Odesa, env. Berezovka, Berezovsky forest, sweeping A. V. Gontarenko leg., 2.v.1996 ; 2 spec. (GC) Odesa env., env. of Krasnoselka, pitfall trap, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 2–16.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (GC) 40 km W of Odesa, right bank of Dniester River, Rybrazvod, sweeping A. V. Gontarenko leg., 7.vii.1995 ; 2 spec. (GC) near Razdelnaja, pitfall traps, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 27.iv.–19.v.1999; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (DMLU) Medobory, Zan’ko leg., 4.vi; Zaporizhia Prov .: 1 spec. (SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, lake shore, S. V. Volovnik leg., 5.vi.1986 .

Biology. Meadows. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Fabaceae, especially Lotus spp. (Lotusuliginosus, L. hispidus, L. corniculatus) (Tempère & Péricart 1989; Nazarenko et al. 1998c; Mazur 2002)