Otiorhynchus (Otiolehus) tristis (Scopoli, 1763)

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 (Otiolehus) tristis (Scopoli, 1763)

Material examined. Chernihiv Region: Ichnia , 50.84503°N 32.34780°E, 07.2000, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 25– 27.06.2004, 1 ♀ (Kizub) ;

Kyiv Region: Kyiv, Novobilychi , 50.47912°N 30.32640°E, 10.06.2006, 1 ♀ (Kizub) ; Zhytomyr Region: Dovzhyk env., 50.30784°N 28.57440°E, 06.06.2009, 1 ♀ (Kurennyi) .

Distribution. Ukraine: Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Donetsk,

Kharkiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zakarpatska, and

Zhytomyr Regions ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a, b). Most part of Europe, Central Asia, and Siberia ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2017).

Biology. Xero-mesophilic species inhabiting steppes and scattered bushlands ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). In Ukraine the species is represented by parthenogenetic populations whereas bisexual populations are known from Moldova and the Balkan Peninsula

( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Polyphagous,

dendro-tamno-chortobiotic species feeding mainly on

Artemisia vulgare , Crataegus sp. , Quercus sp. , Sorbus sp. ,

Rubus sp. , Rumex acerosa , Salvia sp. , Tanacetum vulgare ,

Ulmus sp. , and Urtica dioica ( Yunakov, 2003 b) . May damage lives of Salvia officinalis ( Yunakov, 2003 b) .