Orchestes (Orchestes) pilosus (Fabricius)

Curculio pilosus Fabricius 1781

Curculio ilicis Fabricius 1787

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHE LWI ZAK [Nowicki 1873: 36; Łomnicki 1884: 33; Penecke 1928: 376; Medvedev 1953b: 1134; Zelinskaya 1961: 20; Zelinskaya 1977: 73; Mazur 2002: 238].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding Middle East) (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Crimea: 8 spec. (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve, Svyataya Mt. N44° 56' 12.7'' E35° 13' 17.3'', 286m mixed forest: Quercus-Acer-Cornus, sifting leaf litter, N. Yunakov leg., 28.v.2010 ; 13 spec. (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve, W slope of Karagach Mt. Range Cherny Ovrag N44° 54' 43.8'' E35° 12' 29.5'', h= 10 m, coastal xerothermic forest, beaten from Quercus & Pistacea, N. Yunakov leg., 30.v.2010 ; 3 spec. (KUMN) 17 km N Sudak, Grushevka env., Belaya Mt., S. Medvedev leg., 11.vi.1957 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Karadag Nature Reserve, on Quercus pubescens, Voloshin leg., 21–31.v.1997 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, on oak, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 14.iv.1993; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 5 km N Rybachy, Urochyshche Chiginitra, N. Yunakov leg., 2.v.1998 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) idem, on Quercus robur, N. Yunakov leg., 3.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Karabi-Yaila Mt. Range, Egiz-Tenakh Lake, under stone, N. Yunakov leg., 26.iv.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Sevastopol, 20–22.iv.1910; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Alma River, Gadd leg., 20.vii.1907 ; 3 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano- Rybalche Division, at evening on birches, S. Medvedev leg., 4.vi.1951 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, on willows, S. Medvedev leg., 4.vi.1951 .

Biology. Forests. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Quercus spp. ( Fagaceae) (Zelinskaya 1977; Mazur 2002)