Pissodes (Pissodes) piniphilus (Herbst)

Curculio piniphilus Herbst, 1797

Records. ČNG DNI KYI LWI RIV SUM VOL ZAK [Łomnicki 1891: 22; 1905: 73; Shishkin 1914: 48; Zagajkevich 1958: 74; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 237; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Kravchenko 2010: 60; Nazarenko 2008b: 143; 2009b: 501; 2013b: 27].

Distribution. Palaearctic (disjunctive).

Material examined. Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Pushcha-Voditsa, glade, on young cutted pine, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 10.viii.2006 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., 9 km NE Klesiv, Somyne Lake, under bark of pine, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 13.vi.2008 ; 3 spec. (SIZK), 14.vi.2008; 2 spec. (SIZK) idem, 16.vi.2008; Sumy Prov.: 10 spec. (SIZK) Seredyna-Buda Distr., Ochkyne, glade in forest, sweeping, 16.vi.2006; 1 spec. (SIZK) Stara Huta, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 21.vi.2006 .

Biology. Pine forests, logging plots. Adults occur in VI–VIII. On Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae) (Smreczyński 1972)