Cionus scrophulariae (Linnaeus)

Curculio scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON* IFR KHM KHR KYI LWI ODE POL* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Andrzejowski 1823; Hummel 1827: 41; Krynicki 1832: 145; Chernay 1854: 170, 246; Belke 1859a: 53; Belke 1859b: 75; Nowicki 1864: 38; Belke 1866: 504; Miller 1868: 27; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Lindemann 1871: 199; Weise 1876: 108; Król 1877: 56; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 218; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Kulikowski 1897: 210; Rybiński 1903b: 152; Łomnicki 1905: 82; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 76; Penecke 1928: 378; Shapiro 1930: 144; Penecke 1932: 355; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Kryshtal 1959: 79; Endrődi 1970: 394; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 308; Gumovsky 1997: 55; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 276; Mazur 2002: 226; Caldara 2004a; Caldara 2013a: 124].

Distribution. Europe, Madeira, Caucasus, Levant, West Siberia (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Zakarpatska Prov.: 6 spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Yasynya, Zaslavsky leg., 29.v.1958; 6 spec. (KUMN) Tyachiv Distr., Velyka Uholka, Plyaiskyi River shore Yunakov leg., 19.vii.2001; 7 spec. (KUMN) Rakhiv Distr., Marmarosh, basin of Kvasnyi River, trail along Kvasnivtshik River to Polonyna Lysytsha Yunakov leg., 25.vii.2001 ; 8 spec. (KUMN) Rakhiv Distr., Chornohora Mt. Range, Polonyna Breskul, N. Yunakov leg., 21.vii.2001; Volyn Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Lutsk Distr., Zhabche, Olsufyev leg., 17.vi.1901; 6 spec. (ZIN) Markovichi, A. Yakovlev leg., 14.v.1898; 1 spec. (KrC) Shatsk Distr., Pishcha, Ladinka ponds, A.M. Kravchenko leg., 8.vi.2003; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Bahovitsa, Grum-Grzhimailo leg., vi.1895; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, 19.v.–8.vi.1895; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 15.vi.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 17.vi.1897; 9 spec. (KUMN) Novograd-Volynsky env., Mikhailov leg., 15.vi.1915; 10 spec. (KUMN) idem, 12.vii.1909; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Verkhivka, N48.449871, E29.144449, A. Chekini leg., 30.v.1901 ; Poltava Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 5.vi.1910; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 4.vi.1922; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vi.1922; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 12.v.1922; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1922; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava Distr., Rudne, Lukjanovitch leg., 12.vi.1922; 5 spec. (ZIN) Poltava Distr., Svinkovka, D. Ogloblin leg., 10.vi.1912; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv, Arnoldi leg., vi.1917; 4 spec. (KUMN) Vovchansk Distr., Ogurtsovo, Siverskyi Donets River Loboda B.M. leg., 13.vi.2010; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 28.v.1937; 2 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Siversky Donets River, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 28.v.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 10.vi.1937; Crimea: 3 spec. (ZIN) Tavel, Kiritschenko leg., 6.v.1907; 3 spec. (KUMN) 13 km SSE Simferopol, Krasnolissya env. Yunakov leg., 14.vi.2010 .

Biology. Forests, meadows, shrublands; in mountains up to 1800 m a.s.l. Adults occur in V–VIII (Gumovsky 1997). On Scrophulariaceae: Scrophularia scopolii (Penecke 1928); Verbascum thapsus, V. lychnitis, V. phlomoides (Wingelmüller 1937; Smreczyński 1976); S. canina, S. nodosa, S. umbrosa (Wingelmüller 1937; Hoffmann 1958); Limosella aquatica (record is probably based on misidentified Scrophularia umbrosa) (Smreczyński 1976).