Cionus olens (Fabricius)

Curculio olens Fabricius, 1792

Records. CRI* ČER IFR KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG* LWI POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Nowicki 1858: 16; 1864: 38; 1865: 38; Belke 1866: 504; Łomnicki 1884: 33; 1886: 218; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Rybiński 1903b: 152; Penecke 1928: 379; Pyatakova 1930: 334; Shapiro 1930: 144; Wingelmüller 1937: 199; Gumovsky 1997: 57; Mazur 2002: 226; Caldara 2004a; Nazarenko 2006b: 165; Caldara 2013a: 124].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 5.vi.1910; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.iv.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 22.v.1927; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Vasischeve env., Gusinaya Polyana, B. Loboda leg., 15.iv.2012 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Urochyshche Horbachykha, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 4.viii.2000 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Olkhovaya, V. Talicky leg., 10.vii.1927 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Kirichenko leg., 10.viii.1907 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Kiritschenko leg., 20.iv.1907 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.iv.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 12.v.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tschatirdag, Kiritschenko leg., 18.vi.1907 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Scrophulariaceae: Verbascum thapsus (Penecke 1928; Wingelmüller 1937; Smreczyński 1976; Gumovsky 1997); Verbascum nigrum (Hoffmann 1958); Verbascum blattaria, Verbascum phlomoides (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1976; Gumovsky 1997).