Gymnetron beccabungae (Linnaeus)

Curculio beccabungae Linnaeus, 1761

Records. ČER ČNG ČRK IFR KHE* KHM KHR* KRO KYI LUG LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL [Łomnicki 1874: 17; 1884: 32; 1886: 217; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Rybiński 1903b: 152; Łomnicki 1905: 82; Penecke 1928: 377; Pyatakova 1930: 333; Kryshtal 1956: 321; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 229; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 39; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Nazarenko, 2006d: 129; Caldara 2008a: 43–45; Nazarenko 2009b: 500; 2013b: 21].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding Asia Minor, North Africa, Middle East and Middle Asia) (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 35 km N Kharkiv, near Kazacha Lopan, S.I. Medvedev leg., 04.vi.1961; 4 spec. (KUMN) E of Merefa, near Mzha railway station, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 17.vi.1996 ;

Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Belozersk Distr., V. S. Solodovnikova leg., 27.v.1966 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Yagorlytski Kut Division, V. Yu. Gorbunov leg., 03.v.1999 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) idem, 05.v.1999;

Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Seredyna-Buda Distr., Ochkyne, floodplain of Desna River, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 15.vi.2006 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Starosilske Forestry, Kosmichni ponds, near channel, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 11.vi.2008 .

Biology. Meadows, floodplains. Adults occur in VI. On Veronica beccabunga, V. scutellata, V. anagallis (Plantaginaceae) (Caldara 2008a)