Malvapion malvae (Fabricius)

Curculio malvae Fabricius, 1775

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI KHM KHR KYI LUG ODE POL ZAK [Hormuzaki 1901a: 107; Penecke 1928: 382; Kryshtal 1949: 180; Kryshtal 1959: 80; Globova 1963: 114; Solodovnikova 1963c: 154; 1965a: 8; 1965b: 336; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Petrukha et al. 1988: 142; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 220; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 163].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, Middle Asia, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Uman, Sofiivka, A. V. Ushinsky leg., 20.ix.1923 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Uman, A. V. Ushinsky leg., 10.vi.1923; 1 spec. (SIZK) Uman, A. V. Ushinsky leg., 1.v.1924; Crimea: 7 spec. (ZIN) ‘ Tauria’; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bilovodsk, chalky rocks, 9.vi.1952 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sebastopol, W.Pliginski leg., 25.iv.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, G. Suvorov leg., 1903 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Laspi, Jacentkowski leg., 9.v.1907 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, Yakovlev leg., 8.vii.1902 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Cape Martyan Nature Reserve, Quercus-Juniperus forest, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 19.iv.1989 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, Davidian leg., 13.v.1990 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, Davidian leg., 11.v.1990 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 18.iv.1908 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Teremky, under bushes in grass on ground, A. Bogachev leg., 30.ix.1956 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 14.v.1929 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 16.viii.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Talicky leg., 16.v.1926 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odessa, Dr Lgocki leg.; Poltava Prov .: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 18.vi.1926 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.viii.1927 .

Biology. Grasslands, forest edge, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–X. On Malvaceae: Malva pusilla (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); M. sylvestris (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Althaea officinalis (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977); Lavatera thuringiaca (Solodovnikova 1963a); M. alcea, M. neglecta (Dieckmann 1977) .