Apion rubens Stephens

Apion rubens Stephens, 1839

Apion podolicum Rybiński, 1902

Records. CRI ČER DNI IFR KHR KYI LWI SUM TER ZAK ŽIT [Łomnicki 1884: 34; Hormuzaki 1891: 174; Rybiński 1902: 12; Tveritina 1953: 64; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; Solodovnikova 1965b: 336; Solodovnikova 1966: 333; Solodovnikova 1968: 30; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 232; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko 2013a: 109; Nazarenko 2013b: 15].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, West Siberia, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Stara Huta env., Desniansko-Starohutskyi National Park, near gate, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 19.vi.2006 .

Biology. Pine forests, sandy and stony habitats Adults occur in V–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Rumex acetosella (Polygonaceae) (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Mazur 2002).