Temnorhinus (Temnorhinus) hololeucus (Pallas)

Curculio hololeucus Pallas, 1781

Records. CRI* KHE ZAP* [Medvedev 1953b: 1131].

Distribution. SE Europe, Asia Minor, Middle Asia, Iran [Gültekin 2012; Bodenheimer 1937; Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Jacentkowskii leg., 13.v.1890 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Simferopol, Maltsev leg., 11.vi.1949 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Krasnoperekopsk [= Yani Kapu]. Distr., Voloshino, under Artemisia, Maltsev leg., 14.iv.1953 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Novotroitsk Distr., Vasylivka, Churyuk Island, Yu. Karmyshev leg., 4.ix.1982 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Syvash, Kuyuk-Tuk Island, lagoon coast, under Artemisia, D. Shapiro leg., 22.v.1951 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Yakymivka Distr., Davydivka, 25.ix.1957 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Melitopol, on Atriplex sp., S. V. Volovnik leg., 16.vi.2015 .

Biology. Xerothermic and salty habitats. Adults occur in V–IX. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) (Aleyeva 1953; Tokgayev & Nepesova 1964; Kryvosheina 1975).