Limobius borealis (Paykull)

Curculio borealis Paykull, 1792

Curculio dissimilis Herbst, 1795

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DON IFR KHR KYI LWI MYK ODE POL RIV VOL [Łomnicki 1866: 7; 1884: 31; 1886: 204; Czerkunow 1888 (1889) 189; Łomnicki 1905: 73; Gontarenko & Nazarenko 2000: 47; Mazur 2002: 231; Kravchenko 2010: 61; Nazarenko 2014a: 350].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle Asia) (Skuhrovec 2013)

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 2 spec. (ZMUK) Irdyn, 19.vii.1946; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Ter-Shejkh- Eli, Arnoldi leg., 11.vi.1947; 1 spec. (ZIN) A. Jakovlev leg., 1 spec. (ZIN) Sevastopol, 1889; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kertch, Kirichenko leg., 12.v.1902; 2 spec. (ZIN) Agarmisch, Kirichenko leg., 28.iv, 2.vi.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Agarmysh Mt., near Staryi Krym, Kirichenko leg., 19.vi.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, primary maritime grassland, Kirejchuk leg., 11.iv.1975; 1 spec. (ZIN), Sabnin leg., 1.v.1901; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Pawlowski leg., 13.vi.1911; 1 spec. (SIZK) SE env. of Simpheropol, between Marine and Lozove, slopes, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.iv.2002; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, mount near Pionerske, grass, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 24.iv.2002 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 6 km NNW Snezhnoe, env. of Andreevka, under orest, S. Medvedev leg., 28.v.1952; 1 spec. (SIZK) Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, Salionovo, Gruzskii Yelanchik River valley, on dry leaves of Arctium, Heracleum, T.A. Trikhleb leg., 19.vi.2001; 1 spec. (SIZK) Slovianohirsk env., Sviati Hory NP, right bank Siverskyi Donets River, deciduous forest, grass, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 27.iv.2002 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) 1 km NW Stary Saltiv, meadow near forest lake, sweeping, N. Yunakov leg., 13.viii.1997; 3 spec. (KUMN, SIZK) idem, N. Yunakov leg., 12.viii.1997; 3 spec. (KUMN, SIZK) 8 km W Kehychivka, env. of Hutyrivka, on Geranium pratense, N. Yunakov leg., 12.viii.1998; 1 spec. (KUMN) E of Merefa, Mzha railway station, Mzha River floodland, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 17.vi.1996; 1 spec. (KUMN) Lyubotyn, Shekhovtsov leg., 07.vii.2008; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Shekhovtsov leg., 14.vii.2008; 6 spec. (KUMN) ca. 10 km S Kharkiv, Udyanska railway station, valley UdyRiver, Shekhovtsov leg., 26.vii.2009; 5 spec. (KUMN) env . Kharkiv, near Rogan, humid ravine, N. Yunakov leg., 04.vii.1999; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) mature larva, Kyiv, Central Botanical Garden, on Geranium sp., 50°25´05˝ N, 30°33´48.7˝ E, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 28.v.2007 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Treby, Th. Lukjanovich leg., 28.iv.1924; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, Holosko, col. A. Stoeckel; 2 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, col. A. Stoeckel; 1 spec. (DMLU) Sykhiv, col. A. Stoeckel; 1 spec. (DMLU) Javoriv Distr., Ivano—Frankove, Janiv forests, col. A. Stoeckel; 1 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, on the fence, M. Łomnitsky leg., 18.v.; 2 spec. (DMLU) Lviv; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Berezan Distr., Tashino, left bank of Tsareha River, wasteland. V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 15.vi.2010 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (GC) Odesa env., env. of Krasnoselka, pitfall trap, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 17–23.viii.1997; 1 spec. (GC) Odesa env., env.vill. Korsuntsy, sweeping A. V. Gontarenko leg., 17.vi.1995; 1 spec. (GC), idem, on the cow dung, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 28.iv.1996; 2 spec. (GC) ca. 80 km from Odesa, env. Berezovka, Berezovsky forest, sweeping A. V. Gontarenko leg., 27.iv.1996, 28.vi.1997 .

Biology. Forests, shrublands, meadows, floodplains, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Geranium sanguineum, G. molle, G. pyrenaicum, G. pratense, Erodium cicutarium (Geraniaceae) (Scherf 1964)