Lixus (Ortholixus) angustus (Herbst)

Curculio angustus Herbst, 1795

Curculio bicolor Panzer, 1794 [HN].

Curculio sanguineus Rossi, 1792 [HN].

Records. CRI ČER ČNG DNI DON KHE KHR KYI LWI MYK ODE POL VIN VOLZAP ŽIT [Nowicki 1858: 17, 1864: 36, 1873: 35; Penecke 1928: 358; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Shapiro 1940a: 53; Mazur 2002: 231; Pavlyuk 2009: 60; Sumarokov 2009: 278; Nazarenko 2010d: 87; Kravchenko 2010: 60].

Distribution. South Europe, Asia Minor, Iran (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 7 spec. (NSPU) Snovsk Distr., Privol`ne, V.N. Pavlyuk leg., 1.v.2000 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZMUM) Alushta Distr., Kuru-Uzen (=Sonyachnohirske), D. Romashov leg., 4.v.1911 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Distr., Tetyanivka, Donets River, Arnoldi leg., 17.vi.1936 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Lyman Distr., Yarova, Arnoldi leg., 7.vii.1938 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Sloviansk Distr., Bohorodichne, 18.vi.1952 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 tx (SIZK) Izyum Distr., Petrovske Forestry, 12.vi.1961 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division, 6.vi.1965 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, Solonoozerny Division, 7.vi.1965; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kiyv env., 7.v.1918 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Bratske, 2.vii.1955; 1 spec. (IMC) Snigurivka Distr., Svitla Dacha, I. Maltsev leg., 12.vii.1962 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Karolino-Bugaz, 17.v.1946; Poltava Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Lukjanovitch leg., 11.v.1926 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.v.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 13.v.1924 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitch leg., 31.v.1924 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, N. Dehtyaryov leg., 23.v.1925 ; Volyn Prov.: 1f (SIZK) Turiisk, P.L. Vojtko leg., 12.v.2011 ;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Melitopol Distr., grassland between Staroberdyanske Forestry and Kamyana Mogila, 21.v.1966; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Malin, Bogachev leg., 20.ix.1944 .

Biology. Grasslands, ruderal habitats. Beetles occure in V–VII. On Leontodon autumnalis and Picris hieracioides (Asteraceae) (Weise 1874 cited by: Hoffmann 1954; Stejskal 2005).