Otiorhynchus (Cryphiphorus) ligustici (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kizub, I. V. & Slutsky, A. I., 2018, Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Genus Otiorhynchus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) Of Ukraine. Part 1, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 9 (1), pp. 9-20 : 12

Otiorhynchus (Cryphiphorus) ligustici (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined. Crimea: Saky District, Trudove, 45.236028°N 33.756827°E, 10.05.2010, 1 ♀ (Khalin); Bakhchisarai District , Malyi Babulgan Hole , h = 1000 m, 44.48582°N 33.958144°E, 04.05.2009, 1 ♀ (Kizub) ; Kyiv Region: Sofiivska Borshchahivka , 50.41424°N 30.36681°E, 03.05.2004, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 04.06.2005, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 25.06.2005, 1 ♀ (Kizub) ; Kyiv, Pechersk , 50.42387°N 30.54062°E, 07.05.2000, 1 ♀ (Kizub) ; Lviv Region: Skole District, Slavske env., Trostian Mt. , h = 700–1230 m, 48.85350°N, 23.38614°E, 02– 04.06.2012, 3 ♀ (Kizub) ; Zakarpatska Region: Uzhgorod District, Stuzhytsya env., 49.01637°N 22.58898°E, 16.06.2009, 1 ♀ (Kurennyi) .

Distribution. Ukraine: All regions without exception (Yunakov et al., 2018). Whole Europe, Southwestern Asia, Kazakhstan, and West Siberia ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2017). The species introduced in Canada ( McNamara, 1991) and the USA ( Warner & Negley, 1976; O’Brien & Wibmer, 1982).

Biology. Otiorhynchus ligustici is a polytopic, meso-xerothermic species inhabiting steppes, bushlands, floodplain meadows and meadows in forests ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018). Polyphagous chortobiotic species that feeds mainly on Achillea sp. , Fallopia convolvulus , Genista tinctoria , Heracleum sp. , Ligusticum sp. , Lithrum sp. , Medicago sp. , Melilotus officinalis , Polygonum aviсulare, Rumex sp. , Salvia verticillata , Trifolium sp. , Urtica dioica , Vicia sp. , and Xanthium spinosum ( Stackelberg, 1932; Yunakov, 2003 b). The species has been indicated as a pest of Asparagus sp. , Beta vulgaris , Corylus avellana , Fragaria sp. , Helianthus annuus , Humulus lupulus , Lupinus sp. , Medicago sativa , M. officinalis , Onobrychis sp. , Papaver somniferum , Phaseolus vulgaris , Pisum sativum , Rosa cinnamomea , Solanum melongena , Trifolium sp. , Vicia faba, Vitis sp., and fruit trees ( Stackelberg, 1932; Yunakov, 2003 b; Abdullagatova, 2009). Larvae damage underground parts of plants ( Stackelberg, 1932; Yunakov, 2003 b). The Ukrainian populations of the species are parthenogenetic ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a), and the bisexual population of O. ligustici is known mainly from the Balkan Peninsula and a few males have been found in Ukraine ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a).