Pissodes piniphilus, sensu Hansen, 1918

Balalaikins, Maksims & Bukejs, Andris, 2012, Latvian Molytinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): Research History, Fauna And Bionomy, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 12 (3), pp. 2-20 : 11

Pissodes validirostris (R. F. Sahlberg, 1834)

=piniphilus sensu Hansen, 1918

References: Seidlitz 1872 -1875, 1887-1891, Rathlef 1905, Lindberg 1932, Šmits 1964, Šmits & Spuris 1966, Ozols 1982, 1985, Barševskis 1993, 1997, Telnov et al. 1997, Telnov 2004.

Material examined: 51 specimens: Daugavpils d.: Mežciems , 26 April 1993 (4, leg. A. Barševskis); Rīga d.: Berģi, 3 September 1953 (2, leg. anonymous), Mangaļi, 5 May 1956 (1, leg. G. Ozols), 29 April 1957 (4, leg. G. Ozols), 21 May 1957 (1, leg. G. Ozols), 25 May 1957 (5, leg. G. Ozols), 21 May 1957 (3, leg. G. Ozols), 19 June 1957 (1, leg. G. Ozols), 5 September 1957 (25, leg. G. Ozols), Rīga, 13 May 1939 (1, leg. J. Muskars), 29 May 1939 (1, leg. J. Muskars); Ventspils d.: Oviši, 8 September 1956 (3, leg. G. Ozols).

Host plants: Pinus (in the cones) ( Pinaceae ).

Phenology: IV(3)-IX(1).

General distribution: Europe, Siberia, Central Asia ( Kazakhstan),EastAsia (NE China, Russian Far East). [ASE]

Note: An infrequent species in Latvia. Pest of pinecones ( Ozols 1985).