Sitona onerosus Faust

Sitona onerosus Faust, 1890

Records. LUG* [first record].

Distribution. East Europe, Kazakhstan, Altai, West China, Siberia, Mongolia.

Material examined. Luhansk Prov.: 1 f. (ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 6.viii.1927

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in VIII. Oligophagous on Fabaceae, mostly Astragalus spp . and Medicago spp .