Cyanapion (Cyanapion) spencii (Kirby)

Apion spencii Kirby, 1808

Apion foveolatum Kirby, 1808

Apion spencei auct. [incorrect subsequent spelling]

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHM KYI LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL [Schoenherr 1833: 303; Schoenherr 1839: 426; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Penecke 1928: 382; Khrolinsky 1965: 113; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1966: 334; 1968: 30; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 165; Nazarenko 2013b: 15].

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

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Gurzuf, Keller leg., vii.1910 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Toply [=Topolevka]. near Stary Krym, Kh. Shaposhnikov leg., 30.viii.1932; 1 spec. (ZIN) Mezhgorye, D . R. Kasparyan leg., 11.ix.1980 .

Biology. Grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Vicia cracca, V. dumetorum, V. faba, V. sepium, V. villosa (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); V. tenuifolia (Dieckmann 1977); V. picta (Isayev 2007) .