Charagmus griseus (Fabricius)

Curculio griseus Fabricius, 1775

Sitona griseus (Fabricius, 1775)

Records. ČNG ČRK KYI RIV SUM VOL ZAK [Arnoldi et al. 1965: 534; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 282; Mazur 2002: 239; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 37; Nazarenko 2009b: 501].

Distribution. Europe, North Africa.

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Kaniv, Keleberda, Sovinskii leg., 8.vii.1946 ; Chernihiv Prov.: 1 pec. (SIZK) Haivoron, P. Shicharev leg., 4.vii.1913; 1 spec. (KUMN) 22 km N Novgorod-Siverskyi, Pushkari env., Desna River valley, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 26.vii.1993 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv env.; 2 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Dolinski leg.; 1 spec. (SIZK) Boiarka, 4.viii.1913; 1 spec. (SIZK) Prope Kiev, v.1918; 7 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Pushcha-Vodytsia, on sand, A. Bogachev leg., 16.vi.1957; 7 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Pushcha-Vodytsia, A. Bogachev leg., 16.vi.1957; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, on sand, A. Bogachev leg., 6.v.1959; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, mixed forest, A. Bogachev leg., 31.v.1959; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Starosillia, A. Bogachev leg., 7.vi.1959 ; Sumy Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 19 km NW Seredino-Budy, Stara Huta env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 26.vi.1959 ; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) ca. 1.5 km N Nevyr, Bile Lake, pine forest, sweeping, A.G. Kotenko leg., 13.viii.1998 .

Biology. Grasslands and mixed forests at sandy soils. Adults occur in V–VIII. Oligophagous on Fabaceae, but mostly on Cytisus scoparius, Lupinus spp., Ornithopusperpusillus, and O. sativus (Dieckmann 1980) .