Orchestes (Alyctus) testaceus (O.F. Müller)

Curculio testaceus O.F. Müller, 1776

Rhynchaenus atratus Preller, 1867

Orchestes pubescens Gyllenhal, 1835

Rhynchaenus scutellaris Fabricius, 1801

Records. ČER IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI TER VIN ZAK ŽIT [Nowicki 1858: 16; 1864: 37; 1865: 37; Belke 1866: 504; Łomnicki 1868: 151; Miller 1868: 27; Nowicki 1870: 10; 1873: 36; Łomnicki 1880: 11; 1882: 251; 1884: 33; Penecke 1928: 376; Pyatakova 1930: 333; Medvedev 1963: 77; Mazur 2002: 239; Nazarenko 2010d: 88].

Distribution. Holarctic (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 12 km W Zachepylivka, env. of Orchik, left bank of Orel River, sweeping, oak forest, Guglya leg., 24.iv.2011 ; 50 spec. (KUMN) 23 km SE Balaklia, Protopopivka, on Alnus, S. Medvedev leg., 20.vi.1952 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, near Almaznoe Lake, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 3.vii.2003 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE Luhansk, env. of Nizhneteploe, floodland Siverskyi Donets River, swamp, S. Medvedev leg., 31.v.1953 ; 10 spec. (KUMN) idem, meadow, on Alnus, S. Medvedev leg., 31.v.1953 ;

Biology. Deciduous forests. Adults occur in IV–VI. On Betula spp., Alnus spp. ( Betulaceae) (Mazur 2002)