Thryogenes festucae (Herbst)

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Curculio festucae Herbst, 1795

Records. ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LWI MYK* ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Chernay 1854: 244; Lindeman 1871: 195; Łomnicki 1874: 17; 1884: 31; 1886: 209; Cherkunov 1889: 189; Rybiński 1903b: 144; Łomnicki 1905: 74; Iljin 1925: 227; Penecke 1928: 363; Kryshtal 1956: 319; Medvedev 1963: 76; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 241; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; 2013b: 19].

Distribution. Palaearctic (Europe, Asia) (Caldara 2011)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Nizhyn, Sperk leg. ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km SWW of Svyatohirsk, env. of Bogorodichne, Shatrovsky leg., 04.vi.1981 ; 8 spec. (SIZK) near Slavyanohirsk, Siverskyi Donets River, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 16.v.2001, 28.v.2002 ; Dnipro Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Ekaterinoslavskaja Gubernija, I. Krynicki leg. , 1831; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 14 km NW Izyum, Lysogorka, floodland forest, right bank of Siverskyi Donets River, sweeping, forest swamp, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 07.viii.1993 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, floodland Siverskyi Donets River, meadow of low level, S. Medvedev leg., 13.vi.1948 ; 6 spec. (KUMN) 9 km SE Zmiiv, env. st. Zanki, V.N. Gramma leg., 24.xi.1971 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 18 km SE Zmiiv, inshore part lake Kamyshevatoe, D.S. Shapiro leg., 15.v.1949 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) env. Kharkiv, Sperk leg., 1832; Kherson Prov .: 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NE Kakhovka, env. of Kairy (=Kairy Zapadnye), floodland Dnieper River, S. Medvedev leg., 14.vi.1951 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 30 km NE Kherson, near Korsun Monastery, 46° 45' N, 33° 11' E, S. Medvedev leg., 03.vi.1925 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation, UkrBIN ID 50080) Mykolaiv, N47.041586, E32.098274, R. Stepoviy leg., 7.iii.2016 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) env. Vylkove, meadow middle level, Kotomenko leg., 17.vi.1966 ; Poltava Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) Poltava, env. of Kopyli, Vorskla River floodland, on willows, Korotkova leg., 22.v.1967 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Seredyna-Buda Distr., Ochkyne, floodplains Desna River, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 15.vi.2006 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Perebrody., Dubrovytsky Forest Management, Pivnichne Forestry, Bujne ponds, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 10.vi.2008 .

Biology. Floodplains, swamps. Adults occur in III–XI. On Cyperaceae: Scirpus spp. (Dieckmann 1986)