Ceutorhynchus contractus (Marsham)

Curculio contractus Marsham, 1802

Curculio minutus Reich, 1797

Ceutorhynchus pallipes Crotch, 1866

Records. CRI ČER DNI DON KHR KRO KYI LUG LWI POL RIV SUM TER VOL ZAK ZAP [Schoenherr 1837: 488; Nowicki 1864: 37; 1865: 37; 1865: 37; Łomnicki 1866: 8; Nowicki 1873: 37; Łomnicki 1884; Łomnicki 1886: 224; Hormuzaki 1888: 154; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Rybiński 1903b: 149; Łomnicki 1905: 78; Iljin 1926: 227; Penecke 1928: 372; Shapiro 1930: 143; Tveritina 1956: 137; Kryshtal 1959; Kryzhanovskaya 1967: 65; Kryzhanovskaya 1972: 5; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 35; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 225; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 38; Nazarenko 2005a: 91; 2006b: 165; 2009b: 499; 2010d: 84; 2012a: 219; 2012d: 190; 2012f: 52; Puchkov et al. 2013: 133].

Distribution. Palaearctic (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Karadag, Voloshin leg., 21–31.v.1997; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Rusanivski Sady, left bank of Desenka River, Urochyshche Horbachykha, sweeping, forest meadow, 16.00–19.30, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 29.iv.2001 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Starosilske Forestry, Kosmichni ponds, near channel and banks of ponds, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 11.vi.2008 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., 9 km NE Klesiv, Somyne Lake, Sarny, deciduous forest, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 13.vi.2008 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) near Kolochava, NSPU station, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 17.vi.2015 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 27 km NNE Tiachiv, N env. of Velyka Uholka, karst beech forest, N. Yunakov leg., 19.vii.2001 .

Biology. Meadows, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in II–X. Polyphagous on Brassicaceae, several species of Resedaceae, Capparidaceae; Papaver (Papaveraceae), Tropaeolum (Tropaeolaceae), Limnanthes (Limnanthaceae) (Dieckmann 1972b; Kryzhanovskaya 1977; Colonnelli 2004a).

Notes. Protected name. ICZN OPINION 2192 (Case 3367).