Auleutes epilobii (Paykull)

Curculio epilobii Paykull, 1800

Records. ČER LWI KHM KHR SUM RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Penecke 1932: 352; Lazorko 1963: 84; Kubisz et al. 1998: 273; Mazur 2002: 223].

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW of Chuhuiv, Dachi, N. Yunakov leg., 25.v.1998 ; Rivne Prov.: 3spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., 9 km NE town Klesiv, along Somyne Lake, V. Nazarenko leg., 13–15.vi.2008 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) near vill Stara Huta, Quercus forest, sweeping, 52.3322447°N, 33.7790966°E– 52.3228552°N, 33.7849331°E, V. Nazarenko leg., 22.vi.2006 ; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Kivertsi Distr., Hayove, Z.L. Berest leg., 30.vii.2004 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 2spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Marmarosh, trail along Bilyi River to Dilove, upper reaches of Skorodnyi River, 1000 m, mixed forest, N. Yunakov leg., 27.vii.2001 ; 1spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Marmarosh, trail along Kvasnyi River, nr of Urochyshche Lykhyi, 8 km upper of mouth, N. Yunakov leg., 24.vii.2001 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Velyky Berezny Distr., near Stuzhitzya, A. Gontarenko leg., 9.v.2012 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 2 f (SIZK) Seleznevka vill env., Polesski Nature Reserve, quarter 53, sandy hills near swamp, on Chamerion angustifolium, V. Nazarenko leg., 15.vi.2012 .

Distribution. Holarctic (excluding North Africa and Middle East) (Colonnelli 2013).

Biology. Forests and floodplains, up to 1000 m a.s.l; abundant in old logging plots. Adults occur in V–VIII. In Ukraine monophagous on Chamerion angustifolium (Onagraceae) .