Orobitis cyanea (Linnaeus)

Curculio cyaneus Linnaeus, 1758

Records. ČER IFR KHM KHR* KYI LUG LWI RIV POL* SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Łomnicki 1884: 33; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Rybiński 1903b: 149; Łomnicki 1905: 78; Penecke 1928: 373; Roubal 1941: 240; Arnoldi 1956: 296; Tveritina 1956: 137 ( nigrinus Rtt.); Kubisz et al. 1998: 275; Mazur 2002: 234; Nazarenko, 2006d: 130; 2009b: 501; 2010a: 704; 2011b: 31; 2012c: 150; 2012d: 190; 2012f: 53; 2013b: 25].

Distribution. Palaearctic (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013b)

Material examined. Chernivtsi Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Cheremosky National Park, Guglya leg., 15.v.2015 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env. Arnoldi leg., 20.vi.1919 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Krasnohrad Lukjanovitsh leg., 25.vi.1925; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Obolonskiy island, modified Barber pitfall traps, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 26.v.–16.vi.2011 ; Sumy Prov.: 5 spec. (SIZK) Desniansko-Starohutskyi National Park, Stara Huta, q. 66, 93, oak, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 20.vi.2006 ; q. 47, Viola sp., along road near former railway embankment, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 21.vi.2006 ; along central road, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 22.vi.2006; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Olkhovaya Lukjanovitsh leg., 01.v.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanytsya Luhanska, Lukjanovitsh leg., 06.vi.1929; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Lukjanovitsh leg., 10.v.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) Pyriatyn, Lukjanovitsh leg., 25.vii.1925 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Starosil’s’ke Forestry, Kosmichni ponds, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 11.vi.2008 ; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Husiatyn Distr., near Krasne, Medobory, along road, sweeping V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 24.vi.2007 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 15 km SE Mizhhiria, Mereshor env., slope of Krasna Mt. Range, N. Yunakov leg., 20.vi.1995 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) ca. 23 km NE Huszt, env. of Zabrid, meadow, N. Yunakov leg., 15.vii.1997 .

Biology. Forests, meadows, shrublands. Adults occur in V–VII. On Viola canina, V. silvestris (Violaceae) (Smreczyński 1974).