Cossonus (Caenocossonus) parallelepipedus (Herbst)

Curculio parallelepipedus Herbst, 1795

Records. ČNGKHR* KYI LWI RIV VOL ZAK ZAP* [Mazur 2002: 227; Nazarenko 2006b: 163].

Distribution. West Palaearctic.

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (PCol) Mena Distr., near Horodyshche, V.N. Pavlyuk leg., 2.x.2003; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env., under bark, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 28.vi.1992; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Urochysche Horbachykha, S bank of lake in Salix - Populus forest near damb lock, under exfoliating bark of Populus sp., V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 31.vii.2003; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (FRC) Zaporizhia, S. Alexeenko leg., 25.v.–15.vi.2007.

Biology. Floodplains and deciduous forests. Adults occur in IV–IX. Under bark of rotting Populus spp. and Salix spp.