Lixus (Epimeces) cardui Olivier 1807

Lixus cardui Olivier, 1807

Curculio pollinosus Germar, 1817 [HN].

Records. CRI ČER ČRK* ČNG DNI DON KHE * KHM KHR KRO* LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL* SUM ZAK ZAP [Chernay 1854: 244; Nowicki 1858: 17, 1864: 36, 1873: 35; Łomnicki 1884: 31; Penecke 1928: 358; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Shapiro 1930: 142; Medvedev 1953a: 77; Kharakoz 1955: 160; Tveritina 1956: 137, 139; Globova 1958: 165; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Pavlyuk 2009: 60; Sumarokov 2009: 179; Mazur 2002: 231].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north); introduced to Australia (Swirepik et al. 2008; Gültekin & Fremuth 2013)

Material examined. 165 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, ZMUM, IMC) including: Cherkasy Prov .: 1 spec. (SIZK) Horodyshche Distr., Mlyiv, 25.vi.1921; 1 spec. (ZMUK) Kanyv, Bilyashivsky gully, N.D. Globova leg., 9.vi.1952; 1 spec. (ZMUK) Kanyv Distr., Besarabia, N.D. Globova leg., 1.vi.1948 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Zvenyhorodka Distr., Murzyntsi, V. A. Karavayev leg.; Chernihiv Prov .: 2 spec. (ZMUM) Varva Distr., Bohdany, A.N. Bolbas leg., 7.vi.1998; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kherson, G.A. Romanov, 20–30.iv.1934; 1 spec. (IMC) Tsyurupinsk, I. V. Maltzev leg., 28.v1959 ; 1 spec. (IMC) idem, on Onopordum, 15.vi.1962 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Oleshky, D. Znoyko, 5.v.1924; 1 spec. (ZMUK) Velyka Lepetykha Distr., windbreak near Kakhovske reservoir, 28.vi.1965 ; 3 spec. (SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division, on Onopordum acanthium, S.V. Volovnik leg., 15.vii.1982 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Tsyurupinsk Distr., Radensk, Forestry, S. V. Volovnik leg., 17.v.1982; 1m , 1f (SIZK) Bilozerka Distr., Olexandrivka, marine coast, in copula, S. V. Volovnik leg., 23.v.1982 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Skadovsk env., S. V. Volovnik leg., 19.v.1982 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Dobrovelichkivka, S. V. Volovnik leg., 15.vii.1983 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 5 spec. (SIZK) Mykolayiv Distr., Starobohdanivka, Petrenko leg., 7.v1978; 1 spec. (SIZK) Mykolayiv Distr., Kuripchyno, M. Nesterov leg., 25.v.1980; 1 spec. (SIZK) Nova Odesa Distr., Sebeno, S. V. Volovnik leg., 25.v.1982 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 27.vi.1926; (ZIN) idem., 5vi.1925; 4 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., v.1922; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem., 28.x.1922; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem., 16.v1923 .

Biology. Grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VII. Oligophagous on Onopordum spp. ( Asteraceae) (Batra et al. 1981; Briese et al. 2004; Briese 1996b).