Leucophyes pedestris (Poda)

Curculio pedestris Poda, 1761

Curculio ocellatus Fåhraeus, 1842

Curculio ophtalmicus Rossi, 1790

Records. CRI ČNG ČRK* DON* KHE* KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL TER ZAP* [Chernay 1854: 175; Belke 1859a: 53; Kessler 1874: 5; Łomnicky 1884: 31; Lukjanovitch 1928: 248; Arnoldi 1956: 283; Kryshtal 1956: 316; Globova 1958: 164; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Mazur 2002: 231].

Distribution. Central and South Europe, Asia Minor (Ter-Minasian 1988; Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 128 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, ZMUK, ZMUM, IMC, SKC) from 12 provinces were studied. Crimea: 3 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, F. Ilyin leg., 24.iv.1903; 1 spec. (ZIN) İslâm Terek Distr., Agarmish Mt., Kirichenko leg., 9.v.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bakhchisaray Distr., Glyboky Yar plot of land, litter, Goncharenko leg., 15.v.1955; 2 spec. (SIZK) Sevastopol, W. Pliginski leg., 4.v.1905; 2 spec. (SIZK) Karadag, Kistyakowskyi leg., 14.v.1950; 4 spec. (ZMUM) Feodosia; 3 spec. (SIZK) Sudak, Morske, V. G. Dolin leg., iv.1974 ; 1 spec. (SKC) Feodosia Distr., Echkidag Mt., S. V. Konovalov leg., 1.v.2010 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUK) 1 spec. (SIZK) Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, L. V. Kozlova leg., 23.vi.1974 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Tsiurupynsk, I. Maltsev leg., 1.v.1956; 1 spec. (IMC) Hola Pristan, I. Maltsev leg., 23.v.1956;

Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation, UkrBIN ID 49528), Mylolaiv Distr., observed by R. Stepovyi, 23.iv.2016 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. (IKC) Tokmak Distr., environs of Molochansk, Kosharna Balka, I. V. Kovalev leg., 14.v.2006 .

Biology. Forest habitats, stony slopes. Adults occur in IV–X. On Lotus corniculatus (Fabaceae) (Stejskal & Trnka 2013).