Bothynoderes affinis (Schrank)

Curculio affinis Schrank, 1781

Chromoderus fasciatus O.F. Müller, 1776 [HN].

Curculio albidus Fabricius, 1787

Records. CRI ČER ČRK ČNG DNI DON KHE* KHM* KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL RIV VOL VIN TER ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [Carte 1856: 277; Nowicki 1858: 17, 1864: 34; 1873: 35; Łomnicki 1886: 204; Silantiev 1903: 13; Lukjanovitch 1928: 248; Penecke 1928: 358; Fishkis & Beryozovy 1936; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Britsky 1959: 5; Tveritina 1962: 38–39; Melnik 1971: 8; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 38; Sumarokov 2009: 177].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Asia) (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013; Silfverberg 2011).

Material examined. 115 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, ZMUM, NSPU, IMC SKC YKC) from 16 provinces were studied. Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) Hola Pristan Distr., Rybalche, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division of Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, V. Gorbunov leg., 10.v.1999 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) Dzherylgach Island, S. V. Volovnik leg., 1.ix.1983 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Bilozerski Distr., Darjivka, I. Maltsev leg., 8.v.1956; 1 spec. (SIZK) Belozyorka Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Potievka, M.I. Nitochko leg., 22.vi–2.vii.2008; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Shepetivka Distr., Hrytsiv, 31.viii.1983; 2 spec. (SIZK) idem, 30.viii.1983; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Znamenka, A. Paramonov leg., 11.vii.1927; 1 spec. (IMC) Olexandriya, 2.vii; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Pervomajsk Distr., Kuripchino vill Pivdennyi Buh River, Nesterov leg., 24.v.1980 ;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, Altagir forest, S. V. Volovnik leg., 29.vi.1978 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Radyvonivka, Tashchenak River outfall, S. V. Volovnik leg., in the root of Cakile maritima, 31.viii.1982 ; 1 spec. (YKC) Melitopol Distr., Terpinnya, S.N. Kozlov leg., 11.v.2010; Zhytomyr Prov.: 20 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., v.1912; 1 spec. (IMC) Malin, Bogachev leg., 23.x.1944; 1 spec. (IMC) Malin, sandy hills, Bogachev leg., 21.vii.1944; 1 spec. (KUMN) environs of Novohrad-Volynskyi, 23.vi.1911 .

Biology. Xerothermic, salty and ruderal habitats, beet plantations. Adults occur in V–IX. Oligophagous on Amaranthaceae: Chenopodium, Salsola, Beta, Bassia, Echinopsilon . Larva develops in root gall. (Houard 1908; Fishkis & Beryozovy 1936; Volovnik 2010; Dedyukhin 2012).