Ellescus scanicus (Paykull)

Curculio scanicus Paykull, 1792

Records. ČER ČNG* IFR KHM KHR* KYI LWI RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Nowicki 1864: 36; Belke 1866: 505; Lindemann 1871: 199; Weise 1876: 108; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 215; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 80; Penecke 1928: 375; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Mazur 2002: 229; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Nazarenko 2012g: 52; Nazarenko 2014c: 46].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, North Africa, North America (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Nizhyn env., Urochyshche Vetkhoye, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 3.v.1991; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Novi Doma, V .Yu. Gorbunov leg., 15.vi.1997; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Lysa Hora, pitfall trap, V . Yu. Nazarenko leg., 14–12.iv.2000; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Synie lake, sweeping grass, V . Yu. Nazarenko leg., 6.iv.2001; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Verbne Lake, sweeping, V . Yu. Nazarenko leg., 17.v.2002; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Dolobetskyi Island, sweeping, V .Yu. Nazarenko leg., 12.iv.2007; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (KrC) Shatsk Distr., Pishcha, O.M. Kravchenko leg., 9.v.2001 .

Biology. Forests. Adults occur in III–VII (Dieckmann 1988). On Salicaceae: Populus tremula (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1954; Arnoldi et al. 1965; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); P. alba, Salix caprea, S. viminalis (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); P. nigra (Dieckmann 1988) .