Rhinoncus inconspectus (Herbst)

Curculio inconspectus Herbst, 1795

Records. CRI ČNGDON KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK [Cherkunov 1889: 193; Globova 1958: 166; Kubisz et al. 1998: 273; Mazur 2002: 238; Nazarenko 2010d: 89].

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

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Antonovka, Pyryatyn Distr., Lukjanovich leg., 12. V.1925; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol env., Bazhenov leg., 1898 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk [= Bannoye], Arnoldi leg., 2. VI.1937; Kharkiv Prov.: 4 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env., Bile Lake, N49.6144479, E36.3178113, Zakharchenko leg., 10.vii.1988 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Bartenev leg., 12.vi.1992; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, A. Bartenev leg., 15.v.1988; 9 spec. (KUMN) Vovchansk Distr., Staryi Saltiv, on Persicaria amphibia, N. Yunakov leg., 23.vii.1999 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Monast. Korsunskij, cursus in fl. Dnjepr, S. Medvedev leg., 20. V.1926. Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN), 12 km NE Luhansk, Stanychno-Luhanskyi Nature Reserve, V. Martynov leg., 28.vi.1998 ; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Yavoriv Distr., 20 km W Lviv, 5 km NW of Zatoka railway station, 55, 875462°N 29, 633004°E, N. Yunakov leg., 12.vi.1995 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rivnensky Nature Reserve, 51, 385278°N 26, 851111°E, V. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2008 .

Biology. Wetlands. Adults occur in IV–IX. On Persicaria amphibia, P. lapathifolia (Polygonaceae) .