Sibinia (Sibinia) viscariae (Linnaeus)

Curculio viscariae Linnaeus, 1761

Sibinia fugax Germar, 1824

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK DON IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Nowicki 1864: 37; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 216; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Łomnicki 1905: 81; Penecke 1928: 376; Shapiro 1930: 143; Penecke 1932: 354; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Kryshtal 1949: 178; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1953: 62; Tveritina 1956b: 137; Caldara 1985: 35; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 306; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Mazur 2002: 239; Caldara 2004a; Nazarenko 2005a: 93; Nazarenko 2010d: 89; Caldara 2013a: 161].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Russian Far East, North Africa (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Agarmish, Kirichenko leg., 2.v.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tavel, Kiritschenko leg., 1.vi.1907; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Kirichenko leg., 5.iv.1901; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch Kirichenko leg., 1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Pawlowski leg., 15–18.vi.1911; 5 spec. (ZIN) Charyr-Dag, 800 m, M. Tikhomirova leg., 12.vii.1955; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 23.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1938; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Lozova, G. Sumakow, 4.vi .; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zakomelskaya, Arnoldi leg., 28.vi.1939; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Ogloblin; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.vi.1912 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 12.v.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 31.v.1924; 3 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svinkovka, Ogloblin leg., 1.vi.1912 .

Biology. Dry meadows, slopes, forest edge, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Caryophyllaceae: Silene viscaria (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); S. vulgaris (Penecke 1932; Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); Melandrium dioicum, S. nutans (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); Lychnis sp. (Amoldi et al. 1965); Gypsophila paniculata, Saponaria officinalis, Silene borysthenica, S. noctiflora, S. tatarica (Dedyukhin 2012) .