Cionus alauda (Herbst)

Curculio alauda Herbst, 1784

Curculio blattariae Fabricius, 1792

Records. ČER ČRK IFR KHM KHR KYI LWI TER VIN VOL ZAK [Andrzeiowski 1823: 103; Chernay 1854: 170; Nowicki 1858: 16; 1864: 38; 1865: 38; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Nowicki 1873: 36; Łomnicki 1875: 177; 1880: 11; 1884: 33; 1886: 218; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Hormuzaki 1901a: 107; Rybiński 1903b: 152; Łomnicki 1905: 82; Penecke 1928: 379; Tveritina 1953: 62; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Tveritina 1959: 185; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 308; Gumovsky 1997: 55; Kubisz et al. 1998: 276; Mazur 2002: 226; Nazarenko 2010a: 703].

Distribution. Europe, North Africa (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Vinnytsia Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) Vinnytsia, Sheyanova leg., 201. vi.1967; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 20.vi.1967; Zakarpatska Prov.: 23 km NE of Khust, near Zabrid (= Gazlo), N. Yunakov leg., 15.vii.1997 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 24.iv.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 6.v.1911; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv; 3 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, Kovalev leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, 1891.

Biology. Forests, meadows, shrublands. Adults occur in V–IX (Gumovsky 1997). On Scrophulariaceae: Scrophularia nodosa (Penecke 1928; Wingelmüller 1937; Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1976); Verbascum thapsus (Wingelmüller 1937); S. canina, S. umbrosa, V. blattaria (Wingelmüller 1937; Hoffmann 1958); V. chaixii, V. lychnitis, V. nigrum (Hoffmann 1958); Limosella aquatica (it is probably misidentified Scrophularia umbrosa) (Smreczyński 1976).

Note. Historical record from Crimea (Hummel 1827: 41) is doubtful and probably belongs to another species.