Otiorhynchus (Choilisanus) balcanicus Stierlin, 1861

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 : 10

Otiorhynchus (Choilisanus) balcanicus Stierlin, 1861

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Material examined. Crimea: Sevastopol, Kozacha Bay , 44.583501°N 33.415021°E, 06– 19.07.2006, 12 ♀ (Kizub) .

Distribution. Ukraine: the Crimea, Kherson, and Zaporizhia Regions, introduced in Kyiv Region ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a, b). Central, Southern,

and Eastern Europe, Southwestern Asia, Syria, and Iran ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2017).

Biology. Otiorhynchus balcanicus is a nocturnal, parthenogenetic species inhabiting xerothermic and mixed nemoral forests on the plain and in the mountains ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Dendrobiotic and polyphagous species feeding on Quercus pubescens , Q. robur , Betula borysthenica , and Juniperus excelsa ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a) . The species could damage fruit trees in the south of Ukraine ( Yunakov, 2003 b).