Curculio nucum Linnaeus

Curculio nucum Linnaeus, 1758

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 171; Belke 1858: 362; Nowicki 1858: 16; 1864: 36; 1865: 36; Belke 1866: 504; Łomnicki 1868: 151; Miller 1868: 27; Lindeman 1871: 198; Nowicki 1873: 36; Łomnicki 1875: 177; 1877c: 188; 1882: 251; Hormuzaki 1888: 153; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Kulikowski 1897: 207; Rybiński 1903b: 150; Łomnicki 1905: 79; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 47; Penecke 1928: 374; Shapiro 1930: 143; Roubal 1941: 191; Belgovsky 1956: 358; Tveritina 1956: 141; Ter-Minasian 1956: 434; Zagajkevich 1958: 73; Kryshtal 1959: 78; Levchinskaya & Sereda 1978: 73; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 227; Sinjugina & Lapin 2002: 133].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 2 spec. (NSPU) Srebnoye Distr., near Oleksintsi, O. Nikonenko leg., 1.v.2003 ; idem, Talalayevka, T. Lyashenko leg., 12.v.2003; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg. ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km W Kharkiv, env. of Solonitsevka, on twigs of hazelnut in forest, K.S. Nadein leg., 23.vi.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) W env. of Kharkiv, Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg., 27.v.1928 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) env . Kharkiv, Sperk leg., 1829; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 10 km SSW Milove, Streltsovsky Step Nature Reserve, Ivanova leg., 30.v.1998; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 23 km NE Khust, env. of Zabrid, on twigs of Corylus avellana, N. Yunakov leg., 15.vii.1997 .

Biology. Forests, shrublands. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Corylus spp. ( Betulaceae), occasionally on Quercus spp. ( Fagaceae) (Ter-Minasian 1956; Dieckmann 1988)