Tropideres albirostris (Schaller)

Curculio albirostris Schaller, 1783

Records. KHM* KHR KYI TER POL SUM VOL ZAK [Krynicki 1832: 143; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Roubal 1941: 100; Nazarenko & Kravchenko2002: 36].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north) (Tryzna & Valentine 2011)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, 17.vi.1891; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, Jakubowski leg., 24.iv.1911; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Lukjanovich leg., v.1923;

Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Shostka, Kurnakov leg., 12.v.1990 .

Biology. Mixed and deciduous forests. Adults occur in IV–VI. On dry and rotting twigs and trunks of deciduous and coniferous trees (Frieser 1981)