Aspidapion (Aspidapion) validum (Germar)

Apion validum Germar, 1817

Apion grimmii Hochhuth, 1847

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG LWI MYK ODE POL TER VIN ZAP* [Schoenherr 1833: 296; Schoenherr 1839: 416; Hochhuth 1847: 462; Nowicki 1864: 33; Lindemann 1871: 295; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Kryshtal 1949: 180; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Globova 1958: 167; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Solodovnikova 1963c: 154; 1965a: 8; 1965b: 337; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; 1970: 81; Petrukha et al. 1988: 144; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko 2010d: 81; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 153; Nazarenko 2012g: 50].

Distribution. Central and East Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, West Siberia, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) Crimea; 1 spec. (ZIN) ‘Tauria’; 4 spec. (ZIN) Agarmysh, Kirichenko leg., 11.v.1906; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, Jacentkowski leg., vi.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) near Feodosia, Kiziltash, A. Kirichenko leg., 26.vii.1908; 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Bazhenov leg., 24.iv.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.v.1899; 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissya, H. Barrios leg., 10.vi.1982; 2 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, on Malva, [H. Barrios] leg., 9.viii.1981; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, meadows, Svyatohirsk env., Arnoldi leg., 11.v.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) Khomutovskyi Step, Zerova leg., 24.iv.1975; 1 spec. (ZIN) Mariupol Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 21.viii.1925; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kharkiv Guberniia, 9.vii.1910; 22 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 1.vi.1916; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv env., Iljin leg., 4.vi.1891; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, Botanical Garden, Arnoldi leg., 17.iv.1919; 2 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Destr., Gaidary, Biological Station, Arnoldi leg., 17.viii.1919; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kherson, Chistikov leg., 14.viii.1972; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Alexandria, Fedorov leg., 25.v.1914; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, larvae in Althea officinalis, A. Lebedev leg.; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, A. Lebedev leg.; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, left bank of Dnieper River, Horbachykha urochyshche, decorative Malvaceae (? Althaea) near the pumping station, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 28.vii.2000; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 14.vi.1929; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Chernovo, Tiligul River, D. Znoiko leg., 19.vi.1921; Poltava Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 13.vii.1923; 9 spec. (ZIN) idem, 6.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. (SVC) Melitopol Distr., Sosnovka, Staroberdyanskyi Forest, on Malva, E.I. Patsenker leg., 3.vi.1989.

Biology. Wetlands, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Malvaceae: Alcea biennis (Hochhuth 1847); Lavatera thuringiaca (Solodovnikova 1963a); A. rosea (Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Althaea officinalis (Solodovnikova 1963a; Dieckmann 1977); Malva sylvestris (Dieckmann 1977) .