Rhabdorrhynchus echii (Brahm)

Curculio echii Brahm, 1790

Curculio varius Herbst, 1795 [HN]

Records. KHR* ZAK [Roubal 1941: 168].

Distribution. Middle & South Europe (Isayev et al. 2004; Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Velyky Burluk Distr., environs of Nesterivka, T. Zhebina & N. Polchaninova leg., gully slope, pitfall traps, 13.viii.2013 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 26.vi.2013 .

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in V–VIII (Dieckmann 1983). Oligophagous on Echium vulgare, Cynoglossum pictum, C.cherifolium (Boraginaceae) . Larvae in galls (Hoffmann 1950).