Mogulones crucifer (Pallas)

Curculio crucifer Pallas, 1771

Curculio cruciger Herbst, 1784

Records. CRI ČER DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG* LWI ODE* POL* RIV TER VIN VOL ZAPŽIT* [Krynicki 1832: 146; Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1837: 512; Chernay 1854: 171, 245; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Król 1877: 56; Łomnicki 1884: 33; Łomnicki 1886: 225; Hormuzaki 1888: 154; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Rybiński 1903b: 148; Łomnicki 1905: 77; Penecke 1928: 369; Shapiro 1930: 142; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Korotyaev 1980: 217; Isayev 1994: 62; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 307; Kubisz et al. 1998: 273; Mazur 2002: 233; Colonnelli 2004a: 61; Colonnelli 2004b; Colonnelli 2013: 195].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, West Siberia; introduced in North America (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Cape Martyan, N. Yunakov leg., 15–18.vi.2001 ; Donetsk Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Siverskyi Donets River, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 25.v.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 3.vi.1938 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zakomelskaya, Arnoldi leg., 18.vi.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, Biological station, K. Arnoldi leg., 6.v.1918; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.v.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, Siverskyi Donets left bank, K.S.Nadein leg., 18.v.2002 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki, P. Egorov leg., 29.iv.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 8.v.1927; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Elisavetgrad [= Kropyvnytskyi], Jacentkowski ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, 1912; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 30.iv.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Baranskaya, Talicky leg., 31.v.1929 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odesa; 1 spec. (ZIN) Odesa, Peresyp, sea coast, 22.v.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) Odesa, Kuyalnitski Lyman, 13.vi.1926; 2 spec. (ZIN) Odesa env., Kholodna Balka, D. Znoiko leg., 1.v.1927; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 25.iii.1910; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10.viii.1911; 4 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.iv.1926; 8 spec. (ZIN) idem, 11.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 7.v.1927; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 17.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.v.1927; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.v.1927; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Priazonsky Distr., Makovka, on Cynoglossum officinale, S. Winter leg., 10.v.1983; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 19.vii.1984; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Novohrad-Volynsky; 1 spec. (ZIN) Lyubar Distr., Motovylivka, E. Zvierezomb-Zubovsky, 25.v.1912 .

Biology. Sands and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in III–VIII. On Boraginaceae: Cynoglossum officinale (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974; Kryzhanovskaya 1977); Echium vulgare (Hoffmann 1954); Anchusa azurea, C. creticum (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1974); Solenanthus sp. (Colonnelli 2004a).