Ceratapion (Echinostroma) basicorne (Illiger)

Apion basicorne Illiger, 1807

Apion tauricum Desbrochers des Loges, 1902

Apion alliariae: auct. [MI] not Linnaeus, 1758

Records. CRI ČER KYI POL* RIV VOL [Cherkunov 1889: 190; Desbrochers des Loges 1902: 159; Penecke 1932: 355; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991: 520; Wanat 1995: 264; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a: 156].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, V. Yakovlev leg.; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 22.ix.1925; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 31.vii.1927 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Asteraceae: Cirsium arvense (Penecke 1932); Carduus pycnocephalus (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); Centaurea cyanus (Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); C. jacea (Smreczyński 1965; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); Arctium lappa, Centaurea calcitrapa, C. scabiosa, C. solstitialis, Onopordum tauricum (Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); C. stoebe (Wanat 1995) .