Rhynchites (Epirhynchites) auratus (Scopoli)

Curculio auratus Scopoli, 1763

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK [Nowicki 1858: 18; 1864: 33; 1865: 33; Lindeman 1871: 314; Łomnicki 1884: 35; 1886: 235; Hormuzaki 1888: 155; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Kulikowski 1897: 214; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Łomnicki 1905: 86; Penecke 1928: 384; Shapiro 1930: 144; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Medvedev 1950a: 42; 1950b: 71; 1950c: 93; 1953b: 1128; Arnoldi 1956: 287; Kryshtal 1956: 312; Tveritina 1956: 140; Kryshtal 1959: 73; Zelinskaya 1961: 27; Tveritina 1966: 51; Mazur 2002: 219; Globova 1958: 167; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Nazarenko et al. 2004: 69; Sumarokov 2009: 164].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle East, North Africa, Middle Asia) (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Mena Distr., Makoshino, E. V. Dmitrenko leg., 11.iv.2001 ; 1 spec. (NSPU) Pryluky Distr., Biloshapky, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 27.v. 1992 ; Crimea: 3 spec. (KUMN) Yalta env., on Prunus spinosa, N. Yunakov leg., 06.v.1995 ; Donetsk Prov.: 4 spec. (KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, D. V. Vovk leg., 21.v.1999 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove, Martynov leg., 25.vi.1988 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km NNE Torez, Urochyshche Grabovo [= Hrabova Balka], glade in forest, steppe, S. Medvedev leg., 29.vi.1953 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NW Volodarske, Kamyani Mohyly Nature Reserve, Ivanova leg., 17.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) N Volnovakha, Velykoanadolskyi Forest, D.S. Shapiro leg., 15.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov .: 3 spec. (KUMN) 12 km NE Chuhuiv, env. of Pyatnitskoe, Pechenezhskoe Wildlife Service, Grubant leg., 05.vii.1964 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg. ; 3 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, Zolotarev leg., 07.vii.1977 ; 7 spec. (KUMN) Pechenegi, Zolotarev leg., 1969 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, Yu.E. Skrylnik leg., 05–24.v.2004 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, N. Yunakov leg., 17.v.1993; 1 spec. (KUMN) W env. Kharkiv, Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg., 11.vi.1928 ; 3 spec. (KUMN) idem, Fedorov leg., 27.v.1928; 1 spec. (KUMN) W Kharkiv env., Lisopark, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 31.v.2004 ; 4 spec. (KUMN) Izyum, Yu. Karpenko leg., 20–23.v.2009 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Antonenko leg., 25.vi.1991 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) NE Hola Prystan, env. of Burkuty, Dnieper River delta, S. Medvedev leg., 01.vi.1951 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 9 km W Krasnodon [=Sorokyne], Gornoe, Grebenjuk leg., vi.1995 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Pidmashanske, steppe, V.N. Gramma leg., 29.iv.1986

Biology. Forests, shrublands, gardens. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Rosaceae: Prunus spinosa, P. avium, P. cerasus, P. domestica, occasionally on Crataegus sp., Pyrus sp., Malus sp. (Dieckmann 1974).