Pseudocleonus (Pseudocleonus) cinereus (Schrank)

Curculio cinereus Schrank, 1781

Curculio costatus Fabricius, 1787

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI* DON* IFR KHA* KHE* KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL SUM TER VIN * ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [Chernay 1854: 241; Carte 1858: 277; Nowicki 1858: 17, 1864: 34, 1873: 35; Łomnicki 1875: 176, 1886: 205; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Lukjanovitch 1928: 248; Penecke 1928: 357; Shapiro 1930: 141; Arnoldi 1956: 287, 296, 333, 334; Krishtal 1956: 317; Tveritina 1956: 137; Globova 1958: 164; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Nazarenko 2009b: 45].

Distribution. Palearctic (excluding north and Far East) (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 130 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, ZMUM, IMC, SKC, YKC) from 20 provinces were studied. Dnipro Prov .: 1 spec. (ZMUM) Yekaterinoslav [=Dnipro]. B. Ilyin leg., 15.v.1920;

Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Horlivka, 1962; 1 spec. (SIZK) Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, L. V. Kozlova, 13.vi.1973; 1 spec. (SKC) Torez, 18.vi.2006; 1 spec. (SKC) Torez, 25.v.2006; Kharkiv Distr.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Velikyi Burluk Distr., Nesterivka, V. Gorbunov leg., 5.vi.1997 , in Marmota bobak burrow; 1 spec. (KUMN) Izyum Distr., Zavody, V. Vedmederya leg., 18.v.1987 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Dergachy Distr., Solonytsivka, K. Nadein leg., 17.v.1997; 1 spec. (KUMN) Zolochyv, A. Bartenev leg., 2.x.1987; 1 spec. (KUMN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaydary, N. Yunakov leg., 22.vii.1997; 4 spec. (KUMN) Izyum, Kremenets Mount., A. Drogvalenko leg., 7.v.1995; 10 spec. (KUMN) Zmiiv Distr., Vodyane, A. Shekhovtsov leg., 22.v.2009; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Pyatikhatki, Yar, Yu. Guglya leg., 3.v.2014 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Bylozerka Distr., Daryivka, I. Maltsev leg., 10.v.1956; 1 spec. (IMC) Hola Pristan, I. Maltsev leg., 13.vi.1956; 1 spec. (IKC) Oleshky Distr., Chelburda, 46.619444°, 32.944722°, sands, I. V. Kovalev, 23–25. iv.2011 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Kropyvnytskyi Distr., Velyka Viska, 16.v ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Ochakiv Distr., Porutino, on Carduus thoermeri, S.V. Volovnik leg., 24.v.1982 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Pervomajsky Distr., Kuripchino, L.S. Nadvornaya, 14.viii.1982; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Novosanzhary Distr., Svitlivshchyna, 49°12´N, 34° 33´E, N. Polchaninova leg., 28.v–13.vi.2014 ; 3 spec. (ZMUM) Shishaky Distr., Yareski, D. Malyshev & A. Malyshev, 18.v.1912; 1 spec. (IMC) Poltava, Sakhotin leg., 30.vi.1971; 1 spec. (SIZK) Poltava env., meadow near Vorskla River, 22.v.1967 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Sumy Distr., environs of Vakalovshchina, N. Polchaninova leg., pitfall trap, 8.v–14.vi.2013 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Konotop, V. Bondar leg., 23.vii.1928; 1 spec. (ZMUN) Sumy Distr., Mogritsya, V. V. Parkhomenko leg., 29.iv.2001 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Lededyn Distr., Mikhaylovskaya Steppe Reserve, 30.v.1949; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (FRC) 5 km S from Zaporizhia, S. Alexeenko leg., 10.v. 2003 .

Biology. Forest steppe. Adults occur in IV–X. Oligophagous on Asteraceae, namely Centaurea sp. (Scherf 1964: 141) and Leontodon saxatilis Lam. (Dieckmann 1983: 319) .Larva inhabits in the root galls.