Exapion (Exapion) corniculatum (Germar)

Apion corniculatum Germar, 1817

Apion hungaricum Desbrochers, 1894

Records. CRI* ČER DNI IFR KHM KYI LWI RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT* [Iljin 1926: 228; Penecke 1928: 380; Smreczyński 1929: 80; Tenenbaum 1931: 359; Roubal, 1941: 112; Khrolinsky 1965: 108; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 220; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 44; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 158].

Distribution. Europe (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Ai-Petri, K. V. Arnoldi leg., 1947; 1 spec. (ZIN) Roman-Kosh Mt., 1540 m, Arnoldi leg., 22.v.1948 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yaltinskaya Yaila Mt.Range, Dzhunyn-Kosh-Bogaz-Pass, 1400 m, mountain steppe, under stones, N. Yunakov leg., 14.vi.2001 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets- Podilskyi Distr., Verbky, Kirejtshuk leg., 6.vi.1976 ; Kyiv Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 15.vi.1897; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1897 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, stony slopes. Adults occur in IV–VIII (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Genista sagittalis (Hoffmann 1958); G. germanica (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); Cytisus hirsutus (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); G. tinctoria (Khrolinsky 1965); Lembotropis nigricans (Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); C. albus (Dieckmann 1977); C. ruthenicus (Isayev 2007) .