Phrydiuchus topiarius (Germar)

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Ceutorhynchus topiarius Germar, 1824

Records. CRI ČER DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI VIN [Schoenherr 1845: 131; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Kryzhanovskaya 1967: 65; Kryzhanovskaya 1972: 4; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Kubisz et al. 1998: 273; Mazur 2002: 236; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53].

Distribution. Europe (excluding north), West Caucasus, Kazakhstan (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Donetsk, Kalmius River bank , V. Martynov leg., 12.x.1997; Kharkiv Prov.: 1f (KUMN) Pechenihy Distr., Artemivka, 49, 927847°N 37, 129317°E, B. Loboda leg., 22.vii.2015 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env., N. Yunakov leg., 22.vii.1997 . Kherson Prov.: 1m, 2f (SIZK) Vysokopillya Distr., Pryhirja, A. Golovatyuk leg., 22.x.2004 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Lysa Hora, 50, 394453°N 30, 544856°E , V. Nazarenko leg., 07.v.2002; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Mykhailivska tsilyna Nature Reserve, Babko R. V. & Kirichenko M.B. leg., 1.x.2007 .

Biology. Forests and grasslands. Adults occur in V–X. Oligophagous on Salvia pratensis, S. nemorasa, S. argentea (Lamiaceae) .