Phyllobius (Alsus) brevis Gyllenhal

Phyllobius brevis Gyllenhal, 1834

Phyllobius cinereus Gyllenhal, 1834

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ŽIT [Lindeman 1871: 194; Arnoldi et al. 1965: 522; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Mazur 2002: 236; Nazarenko 2010d: 88].

Distribution. Palaearctic.

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Myrzyntsi; 4 spec. (KUMN) Kaniv Nature Reserve, N.D. Globova leg. ; Donetsk Prov.: 5 spec. (KUMN) Svyatohirsk env., K. Arnoldi leg., 27.v.1937 ; Kherson Prov.: 6 spec. (KUMN) 50 km SE Kakhovka, Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, Ter-Minasian leg., 25.v.1933; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kaniv Reserve, Pekari, L. V. Vasilev leg., 21.vi.1974 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 7 spec. (KUMN) 27 km N Kamianets- Podilskyi, route between Zaluch'ye and Bila, Tovtra Samovyta plateau, V. Solodovnikova leg., 05.vi.1976 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Sviatoshyne; 3 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, 24.v.1918; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Batyieva Mount, 2.vi.1935; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Teremky, rare oak forest, on meadow grass, A. Bogachev leg., 9.vi.1957; 5 spec. (SIZK) idem, 14.vi.1957; 8 spec. (KUMN) Kyiv, Danini; 9 spec. (KUMN) Kyiv, Lysa Hora, Nazarenko V. Yu .;

Luhansk Prov.: 10 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SSW Melovoye, Striletskyi Step Nature Reserve, V. V. Martynov leg., 08.v.1998 ; 11 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SSW Melovoye, Striletskyi Step Nature Reserve, Ivanova E. leg., 30.v.1998 ;

Poltava Prov.: 12 spec. (KUMN) Poltava, Lukjanovich Th. leg., 30.v.1927; Sumy Prov.: 13 spec. (KUMN) Mykhailivska tsilyna Nature Reserve, Petrenko leg., 19.viii.2009; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 14.v.1920 .

Biology. Dry grasslands. Adults occur in V–VII. Polyphagous.