Mecinus labilis (Herbst)

Curculio labilis Herbst, 1795

Records. CRI ČER ČNG DNI DON* IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI MYK* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1838: 751; Lindemann 1871: 199; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Łomnicki 1905: 82; Penecke 1928: 377; Roubal 1941: 243; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Medvedev 1963: 78; Solodovnikova & Peeva 1978: 77; Isayev 1994: 67; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 307; Kubisz et al. 1998: 276; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 229; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 40; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Nazarenko 2009b: 501; Sumarokov 2009: 177; Nazarenko 2010d: 86; Nazarenko 2012d: 190; Nazarenko 2012g: 53; Caldara & Fogato 2013: 31; Nazarenko 2013b: 24; Putchkov et al. 2013: 133].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor (Caldara & Fogato 2013).

Material examined. 177 specimens (FRc, KUMN, SIZK) including: Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km NNE Thorez, Grabovo locality [Grabovaya Balka]. S.I. Medvedev leg., 29.vi.1953; 2 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NW Volodarskoye, Kamennyje Mogily Nature Reserve V. V. Martynov leg., 26.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Donetsk env., Kalmius River bank, E. Ivanova leg., 07.vi.1998 ; 2 spec. (FRC) southern suburb of Kramatorsk, R. V. Filimonov leg., 30.iv.2013 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NEE of Dolinskaya, Veselye Bokovenki, S.I. Medvedev leg., 30.vi.1952 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Berezanka Distr., Tiligul Regional Landscape Park, Tashyne env., V. Nazarenko leg., 8.vii.2013 .

Biology. Dry meadows, slopes, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–IX (Lohse & Tischler 1983). On Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae) (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1976; Lohse & Tischler 1983).