Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Paykull)

Curculio assimilis Paykull, 1800

Curculio pleurostigma Marsham 1803

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI IFR KHE KHR KRO KYI LWI POL TER VOL ZAK [Łomnicki 1884; Hormuzaki 1888: 154; Rybiński 1903b: 149; Łomnicki 1905: 78; Penecke 1928: 371; Pjatakova 1930: 317; Shapiro 1930: 142; Nemyrovska 1954: 91; Tveritina 1956: 137; Kryshtal 1959: 78; Kryzhanovskaya 1972: 5; 1975: 34; Mazur 2002: 225; Sinjugina & Lapin 2002: 132; Nazarenko 2010d: 85].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Middle East, Middle Asia, West Siberia (Colonnelli 2013)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) E of Koktebel, Tikhaya bay, sweeping on steppe with Stipa, Guglya leg., 09.x.2009 .

Biology. Eurytopic. Adults occur in IV–XI. Oligophagous on Brassicaceae, occasionally on Tropaeolum majus (Tropaeolaceae), Reseda luteola (Resedaceae) and Cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae) (Dieckmann 1972b; Kryzhanovskaya 1977; Colonnelli 2004a)