Loborhynchapion amethystinum (Miller)

Apion amethystinum Miller, 1857

Records. ČER KHM KHR* LWI TER VIN ZAP* [Rybiński 1903b: 153; Khrolinsky 1965: 113; Smreczyński 1965: 53; Mazur 2002: 220; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 168].

Distribution. Central and East Europe, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, Middle Asia, Siberia, Mongolia, Russian Far East (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Zaporizhia Prov.: 1m (SIZK) Vasylivka env., Kakhovske Reservoir, N47.434167, E35.276389, B.N. Vasko leg., 31.v.2003; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Chuhuiv Distr., Kytsivka env., N49.849779, E36.829848, B.M. Loboda leg., 06.vi.2015 .

Biology. Forest edge, grasslands. Adults occur in V–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Astragalus danicus (Smreczyński 1965); A. austriacus, A. onobrychis (Dieckmann 1977); A. buchtormensis, A. cicer, A. glycyphyllos (Isayev 2007) and A. monspessulanus (Giusto & Germann 2015) .