Exapion (Exapion) formaneki (Wagner)

Apion formaneki Wagner, 1929

Records. DON* KHE* KHR* KYI LWI POL* SUM* [Mazur 2002: 220; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Nazarenko 2012g: 50].

Distribution. Europe (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 15.vi.1937; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Zapostje, Iljin leg. ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Spasov Skit, B. Iljin leg., 21.vii.1909; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Tsuryupinsk, M.K. Nikolayeva leg., vii.1937; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv env., Aleksandrovskii leg., 19.v.1918; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Poltava, Ogloblin leg., 10.vi.1911; 2 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 27.ix.1925; Sumy Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Shostka, Kurnakov leg., 30.v.1940 .

Biology. Forest edge, xerothermic grasslands. Adults occur in V–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Genista pilosa, G. tinctoria (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Cytisus hirsutus, G. germanica, G. sagittalis, Lembotropis nigricans (Dieckmann 1977) .