Mitoplinthus caliginosus caliginosus (Fabricius)

Curculio caliginosus Fabricius 1775

Records. IFR KHM LWI TER VIN [Belke 1858: 362; Mazur 2002: 233].

Distribution. Europe (excluding north and east) (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013)

Material examined. Literature data only.

Biology. Forests, shrublands. Adults occur in I–XII. Polyphagous. Larvae in roots of Asteraceae, Humulus lupulus (Cannabaceae), Lathraea (Orobanchaceae), Malus, Rubus, Fragaria (Rosaceae), Bergenia cordifolia, B. cordifolia x B. crassifolia (Saxifragaceae), possibly Ranunculaceae, Populus (Salicaceae), Vitis ( Vitaceae) (Meregalli 1986; Alford 2014; Sprick& Gosik 2014)