Sibinia (Sibinia) pellucens (Scopoli)

Curculio pellucens Scopoli, 1772

Curculio canus Herbst, 1784

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE* KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT* [Schoenherr 1835: 431; Nowicki 1864: 37; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Król 1877: 56; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 216; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Silantiev 1898: XXV; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 81; Kiseritzky 1915: 182; Penecke 1928: 376; Shapiro 1930: 143; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Roubal 1941: 186; Kryshtal 1949: 178; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1956b: 137; Caldara 1985: 41; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 306; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Nazarenko & Moroz 2000b: 42; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 239; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 39; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54; Caldara 2004a; Nazarenko 2005b: 60; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Nazarenko 2009b: 501; Sumarokov 2009: 179; Caldara 2013a: 160; Nazarenko 2013b: 28].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Siberia, North Africa (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 7 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizericki leg., vi.1907; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, vi.1908; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Tauria, A. Yakovlev leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alupka; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, G. Kachowski leg.; 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Dzhalman, G. Kachowski leg.; 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 29.iv.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma, A. Bazhenov leg., 10.v.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sabli, Kiritschenko leg., 17.v.1907; Dnipro Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Dnipro, Igren, 1.vi.1912 ; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Siversky Donets River, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 28.v.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 15–16.vi.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 27.v.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) meadows Netrius River near Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1939 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.v.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Prishib, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) Banne, Siverskyi Donets River, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 12.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, Biological station, Arnoldi leg., 6.vi.1918 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1918; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.vi.1918; 1 spec. (ZIN) Lozova, G. Sumakow, 4.vi .; 2 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, env. of Dachi railway platform, mixed forest, wet meadow in depression, N. Yunakov leg., 18.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, E. Chernova leg., 11.vii.1974 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) W env . Kharkiv, Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg., 12.vi.1928 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Fedorov leg., 27.v.1928; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kherson, steppe, Graftio leg., 15.v.1899; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 13 spec. (ZIN) Bahovitsa, N48.613172, E26.728403, Sainog leg., 5– 9.vi.1896; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1896; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 6–10.vii.1896; 3 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Bahovitsa, Grum-Grzhimailo leg., 16–19.v.1895; 7 spec. (ZIN) idem, 19.v.–8.vi.1895; 5 spec. (ZIN) idem, 9–11.vi.1895; 16 spec. (ZIN) idem, vi.1895; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Grabova Balka, 30 km E of Debaltseve, Arnoldi leg., 30.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 20.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 6.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 26.vi.1928; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 5.vi.1910; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, 6.vii.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 31.v.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.v.1927; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Desniansko-Starohutskyi National Park, Stara Huta, right bank of Ulichka River, near turf, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 22.vi.2006 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rokytne Distr., Bilsk Forestry, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 12.vi.2008 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Klesiv Distr., 9 km NE Klesiv, Somyne Lake, 14.vi.2008 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Ostrog Distr., Chernyakhovo, Neklyudov leg., 1–5.vii.1900; Zaporizhia Prov.: 3 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, S. Volovnik leg., 20.v.1986; 5 spec. (ZIN) idem, S. V. Winter leg., 22.vi.1985; 7 spec. (ZIN) Marjanivka, S. V. Winter leg., 20–25.v.1983; Zhytomyr Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 15.vi.1897 .

Biology. Meadows, forest edge, steppes, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Caryophyllaceae: Melandrium album (Penecke 1928; Ioannisiani 1972; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); Silene nutans (Penecke 1928; Isayev 2007); M. dioicum (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); S. vulgaris (Smreczyński 1972); M. latifolium (Caldara 1985); Eremogone saxatilis, S. viscaria (Dedyukhin 2012) .