Sitona callosus Gyllenhal

Sitona callosus Gyllenhal, 1834

Records. CRI ČER DON DNI IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK ODE POL SUM TER VIN ZAP [Lindeman 1871: 285; Penecke 1928: 356; Penecke 1932: 350; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 280;

Nazarenko et al., 1998: 119; Kotenko 2000: 55; Mazur 2002: 239; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Nazarenko& Petrenko2008: 46; Nazarenko 2009c: 45; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Palaearctic; introduced to USA.

Material examined. Crimea: 34 spec. (SIZK) Simferopol, Mezhgornoe, Z. Sokova leg., 20.vii.1955; 7 spec. (SIZK) Zuia, rocky slope, A. Bogachev leg., 25.vii.1957; 1 spec. (SIZK) Bilohirsk Distr., Bila Skelia, valley, border of forest belt and field of Hordeum, [V. M. Lobko]. leg., 3.vi.1984 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kharkiv oblast, vi–vii.1952; Kyiv Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Feofaniia, v–vi.1952 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Yelanivskyi Distr., Kalynivka, Rozy Reserve, I. Steblovskaya leg., 14–17.viii.1984 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Izmail, v. 1952; Kherson Prov.: 15 spec. (SIZK) Solenoozernaia, meadows, M. Goncharenko leg., 8.viii.1951;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, lake shore, light trap, E.I. Patsenker leg., 17.vii.1988 ; 1 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Radyvonivka, alfalfa field, E.I. Patsenker leg., 17.vii.1988 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Berdiansk ( Osipenko), I. Gulinov leg., 3.vi.1944 ; 3 spec. (SIZK) Altagir forest, S. V. Volovnik leg., vi.1977 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Altagir, lake shore, near depression with Salix, S.V. Volovnik leg., 27.vi.1978 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in IV–X. Oligophagous on Fabaceae, mostly Medicago, Ononis, Onobrychis .