Aulacobaris coerulescens (Scopoli)

Curculio coerulescens Scopoli, 1763

Records. CRI* ČER DON* DNI KHE* KHM KHR* KYI ODE TER VIN ZAP* [Cherkunov 1889: 193; Mazur 2002: 223; Nazarenko 2010d: 84; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 17].

Distribution. Western Palaearctic.

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Karabi-Yaila Mt.Range, near Egiz-Tenakh Lake, 44°52'23" N 34°34'29" E, 1000m, N. Yunakov leg., 26.iv.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 40 km W Dzhankoy, Grishino env., 45°38' N 33°50' E, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 29.iii.1983 . 1 spec. (ZIN) Feodosiya, 26.iv.1888 ,. 1 spec. (ZIN) Karadag Nature Reserve, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 28.ix.1996 . 13 spec. (KUMN) idem, K. Nadein leg., 11.v.2000 . 4f (KUMN) Yalta Distr., Nikitski Botanical Garden, 44°30'46" N 34°13'45" E, alt. 158 m, on Lepidium, N. Yunakov leg., 26.iv.2012 ;

Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Krasnyi Lyman env., E. Ivanova leg., 3.vi.1998 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Lisopark, on Armoracia rusticana, D. Shapiro leg., 12.v.1949 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Lyubotyn, Kachowski leg., 11.v.1932 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybaltshansky Division, 10.v.1999 V. Gorbunov leg.,. 1 spec. (KUMN), idem, Yagorlytski Kut Division, 3.v.1999, Gorbunov V.Yu .;

Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, 19.iii.1911; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odesa, Kuyalnitski Lyman, S slope, I. Melnik leg., 25.iv.2011; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Lukjanovich leg., 15.iv.1925; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, lake shore, S. V. Volovnik leg., 12.vi.1986 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in III–IX. Oligophagous on Brassicaceae: Barbarea vulgaris, Brassica campestris, B. napus, B. oleifera, B. oleracea, Diplotaxis erucoides, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Lepidium, Sinapis arvensis, Armoracia rusticana .