Mecorhis (Mecorhis) ungarica (Herbst)

Curculio ungaricus Herbst 1783

Records. CRI KHM KHR KYI MYK ODE TER VIN [Andrzejowski 1823: 94; Chernay 1854: 169; Krynicki 1832: 144; Lindeman 1871: 314; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Kulikowski 1897: 214; Łomnicki 1913: 147; Pyatakova 1930: 335; Lavrukh 1971: 24; Solodovnikova & Pejeva 1978: 76; Mazur 2002: 219].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) VitovkaDistr., Luparevo env., Rosa canina, V.M. Ermolenko leg., 16.vi.1968; 7 spec. (SIZK) Porutino, Olvia, Bug Lyman, flood refuse, Staraja Bogdanovka env., landslides of Bug estuary (6), A.A. Petrenko leg., 18.v.1978 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) NE Odesa env., Leski, Berezovsky leg., 15.vi.1982; 3 spec. (KUMN) Odesa, Berezovsky leg., 14.v.1950; 1 spec. (KUMN) Odesa env., I. Krynicki leg., 1827; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, I. Krynicki leg., 1829; Ternopil Prov.: 7 spec. (SIZK) Kolodribka, Dniester slopes, O. V. Lavrukh leg., 31.v.1969 .

Biology. Meadows, shrublands, gardens. Adults occur in V–VI. On Rosa spp. ( Rosaceae) (Dieckmann 1974).