Otiorhynchus (Melasemnus) ovalipennis Boheman, 1842

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 : 14

Otiorhynchus (Melasemnus) ovalipennis Boheman, 1842

Material examined. Crimea: Sevastopol, Blakytna Bay , 44.55621°N 33.40852°E, 04.08.2004, 3 ♀ (Tkachenko) ; Sevastopol, Kozacha Bay, 44.583501°N 33.415021°E, 6– 19.07.2006, 5 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 07– 17.08.2013, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 18– 21.08.2013, 1 ♀ (Kharchenko); Bakhchysarai District , Mangup-Kale, 44.59281°N 33.80604°E, 01.05.2009, 1 ♀ (Kizub) .

Distribution. Ukriane: the Crimea, Odesa Region, introduced in Kyiv and Lviv Regions ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a, b). Southern and Eastern Europe, Southwestern Asia, and Middle East ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2017).

Biology. Nocturnal, parthenogenetic species inhabiting mountain meso-xerothermic forests ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018). Dendrobiotic phyllophagous species feeding on various plants including Artemisia sp. , Carpinus orientalis , Crataegus sp. , Cerasus microcarpa, Cornus mas , Cupressus sempervirens , Eriobotrya japonica , Juniperus excelsa , Ligustrum vulgare , Morus alba , Olea europaea , Prunus dulcis , P. cerasus , P. domestica , P. persica , Qercus petraea , Q. pubescens , Rosa sp. , Rubus sp. , and Sorbus taurica ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Özbek, 2016; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). It has been reported that beetles could damage leaves of P. cerasus ( Özbek, 2016) and other fruit trees, and grapes ( Yunakov, 2003 b).