Tachyerges salicis (Linnaeus)

Curculio salicis Linnaeus, 1758

Records. ČER IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LWI ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Nowicki 1873: 36; Łomnicki 1875: 177; 1882: 251; 1884: 33; 1886: 220; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 81; Penecke 1928: 377; Medvedev 1950b: 71; Globova 1958: 166; Medvedev 1963: 77; Lavrukh 1969: 64; Mazur 2002: 240; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 40; Nazarenko 2006b: 165; 2009b: 502; 2009e: 46; 2010d: 90].

Distribution. Holarctic (excluding North Africa, Middle East, Middle Asia) (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 1 km NW Stary Saltiv, evening, bank water reservoir, on Salixalba, N. Yunakov leg., 23.vii.1999 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, on Salix caprea, N. Yunakov leg., 28.vii.1999 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg. ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, floodland Siverskyi Donets River, meadow low level, S. Medvedev leg., 13.vi.1948 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) W Kharkiv env., deciduous forest near Institute of Cryobiology, on saw cut birch, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 29.iv.1998 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) ca. 9 km SW Zmiiv, Bespalovskaya forest research station, on willows near water, Shapiro leg., 15.v.1950 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Left bank of Rusanovskiy Strait, on the bush willow fence base UTMR “Rusanivka” at a height of about 1 m and 2 m of water on the leaf back side ca. 16.50, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 1.viii.2001 ; Sumy Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Mykhaylivska Tsilyna Nature Reserve, bottom of the wizen stream and lower pond, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.viii.2009 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Starosilske Forestry, Urochyshche Leshchytsia ( Zalysets), V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 11.vi.2008 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) near Ilnitsa, Zacharovanaja Dolina Preserve, 48º 20' N, 23º 04' E, Mirutenko leg., 28.vi.1997 .

Biology. Forests, floodplains. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Betulaceae (Mazur 2002)