Betulapion simile simile (Kirby)

Apion simile Kirby, 1811

Records. ČRK IFR KHE KHR KYI LUG* LWI POL* SUM TER VOL ZAK* [Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Medvedev et al. 1952: 349; Kryshtal 1956: 322; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Globova 1963: 114; Medvedev 1963: 77; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1965b: 338; 1966: 334; Kapitonenko 1998: 53; Mazur 2002: 222; Nazarenko 2005b: 59; Nazarenko 2006a: 129; Nazarenko 2013b: 15].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia, Mongolia, Russian Far East, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Olkhovaya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 7.ix.1928; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 15.viii.1927; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Shostka, Kurnakov leg., 17.viii.1940 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) 14 km N Svaliava, Kryzhanowski leg., 30.vii.1974 .

Biology. Mixed and deciduous forests. Adults occur in V–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Betulaceae: Betula pubescens (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); B. pendula (Solodovnikova 1963a; Dieckmann 1977; Mazur 2002).