Sirocalodes quercicola (Paykull)

Curculio quercicola Paykull, 1792

Ceutorrhynchidius linolaalba: Gemminger, 1871 [MI] not Herbst, 1784

Records. CRI ČER DON IFR KHE KHM KHR* KRO* KYI LUG* LWI ODE POL* TER VIN ZAP [Łomnicki 1870: 82; Łomnicki 1884: 33; Łomnicki 1886: 223; Hormuzaki 1888: 154; Cherkunov 1889: 194; Rybiński 1903b: 148; Penecke 1928: 368; Medvedev 1953a: 77; Globova 1958: 165; Medvedev & Skljar 1974: 567; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Kryzhanovskaya 1979: 172; Korotyaev 1980: 247; Kubisz et al. 1998: 274; Mazur 2002: 239; Colonnelli 2004a: 51; Colonnelli 2004b; Colonnelli 2013: 202].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, Kazakhstan (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol env., Salgir River valley, A. Bazhenov leg., 20.v.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 5.vi.1904 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.v.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Maltash- Uzen, Quercus, K.Jacentkowski leg., 30.iii.1907 ; Donetsk Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Nyrkovo-Vyemka, steppe, Arnoldi leg., 20.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kramatorsk, Artemivsky, on Fumaria officinalis, R.V. Filimonov leg., 20.v.2012 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Savyntsi, Arnoldi leg., 23.vi.1939; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki, P. Egorov leg., 17.iv.1927; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 3.iv.1908; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Elisavetgrad [=Kropyvnytskyi], E. Jacentkowski leg., 21.vi.1902; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vii.1902; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Sovki, Kyiv env., Ananov leg., 15.viii.1886; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 22.vi.1931; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odessa R. m., D.Znojko, 6.v.1923; 2 spec. (ZIN) Khadzhubei Lyman, sandy shore, 29.iv.1923; Poltava Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 16.iv.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 11.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kremenchuk Distr., Potoky, 31.v.1914 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, screes, wetlands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in III–VIII. On Papaveraceae: Fumaria officinalis; F. capreolata F. parviflora, F. schleicheri (Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974; Kryzhanovskaya 1977).