Lixus (Dilixellus) pulverulentus (Scopoli)

Curculio pulverulentus Scopoli, 1763

Lixus algirus Fabricius, 1801 [HN].

Curculio angustatus Fabricius, 1775

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI* DON IFR KHE KHR KYI KHM KRO* LUG* LWI MYK* ODE* POL VIN * VOL ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [Carte 1858: 277; Łomnicki 1874: 17, 1884: 31; Lukjanovitch 1928: 250; Penecke 1923: 185, 1928: 358; Shapiro 1930: 142; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Pavlyuk 2009: 60; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 38; Mazur 2012: 232].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Asia) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 125 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, ZMUM, IMC, SKC, YKC) from 14 provinces were studied, including: Dnipro Prov .: 1 spec. (SIZK) Novomoskovsk Distr., Andryivka, Goncharenko leg.; Kropyvnytskyi Prov .: 1 spec. (SIZK) Znamyanka A. Paramonov, 1.vii.1927; 1 spec. (SIZK) Holovanivske Forestry, 9.v.1965; spec. (SIZK) Znamyanka Distr., Chorny Forest, Khyrovske Forestry, Goncharenko leg., 19.v.1952; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SKC) Slovyanoserbsk Distr., Tryohizbenka, S. V. Konovalov leg., 13.v.2010 ; 1 spec. (SKC) idem, S. V. Konovalov leg., 1.vii.2011; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Pervomaysk Distr., Chausovo, on Arctium, S.V. Volovnik leg., 24.iv.1983 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUK) Bilyayivka Distr., Yasky, 30.v.1968; 2 spec. (SIZK) Krasni Okny, 14.vii.1980; 1 spec. (SIZK) Vylkove, near Danube River, M. Nesterov leg., 31.v.1980 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) Tarutyne Distr., Lisne, Staromanzirsky forest, 7.viii.1983 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Savran Distr., Polyanetske, I. Maltsev leg., 1.vi.1969; 1 spec. (IMC) Balta Distr., Borshchy, I. Maltsev leg., 10.vi.1967; 1 spec. (IMC) Kotovsk [= Podilsk], forest, I. Maltsev leg., 29.v.1965; 1 spec. (IMC) Odesa, I. Maltsev leg., 15.vi.1964; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Yampil Distr., Ivankiv, 18.vi.1965; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Proschiga leg., 25.iv.1927;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (FRC) 5 km S from Zaporizhia, S. Alexeenko leg., 10.v.2003; 3 spec. (IKC) Vilnyansk Distr., Yasynuvate, Balchanska Balka, I. V. Kovalev leg., 1–2.vi.2008 .

Biology. Grasslands, meadows, forests. Adults occur in IV–VII. Polyphagous on Asteraceae, Malvaceae, Fabaceae, Brassicaceae and Polygonaceae (Bodenheimer 1928; Krauss 1963; Isart 1967a, 1970; Nasreddinov 1977; Batra et al. 1981; Dieckmann 1983; Petney & Zwölfer 1985; Volovnik 1994b; Pavlyuk 2009).