Pissodes castaneus (De Geer, 1775)

Balalaikins, Maksims & Bukejs, Andris, 2012, Latvian Molytinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): Research History, Fauna And Bionomy, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 12 (3), pp. 2-20 : 9

Pissodes castaneus (De Geer, 1775)

= notatus (Fabricius, 1787) nec Bonsdorff, 1785

References: Fleischer 1829, Seidlitz 1872 -1875, 1887-1891, Baltiņš 1899, Sintensis 1900, Rathlef 1905, Brammanis 1930a, 1930b, Gailītis 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, Brammanis1937, Danka 1950, Šmits 1964, Šmits & Spuris 1966, Ozols 1982, 1985, Barševskis 1993, 1997, 2002, Telnov et al. 1997, Telnov 2004.

Material examined: 52 specimens: Cēsis d.: Bānūži, 26 May 1961 (3, leg. G. Ozols); Daugavpils d.: Ilgas, Silene PNT, 3 July 1993 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), Mežciems, 25-26 April 1993 (7, leg. A. Barševskis), 18 May 2005 (4, leg. A. Barševskis), Rīga-Krāslava beltway, behind Mežciems, 11 May 2008 (1, leg. A. Barševskis); Dobele d.: Pūteļi, 23 May 1974 (1, dry forest edge, leg. anonymous); Madona d.: Teiči swamp, 25 September 1989 (1, leg. G.Akmentiņš); Ogre d.: Alstiķe, 16 June 2010 (1, River Daugava valley (1, leg. M. Balalaikins); Preiļi d.: Jersika, 20 July 1993 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), 2-5 May 2010 (1, leg. A. Barševskis); Rīga d.: Jūrmala, Kūdra, 1 May 2000 (1, leg. A. Titovs), Ropaži, 16 May 1962 (1, leg. G. Ozols); Rīga, 3 May 1937 (1, leg. J. Muskars), 26 May 1940 (1, leg. M. Stiprais), 20 May 1946 (1, leg. M. Stiprais), Tumšupe, 11 July 1956 (1, leg. G. Ozols), 7 August 1956 (1, leg. G. Ozols); Ventspils d.: Oviši, 8 September 1956 (9, leg. G. Ozols), Ugāle, 18 May 1960 (14, leg. G. Ozols).

Host plants: Pinus ( Pinaceae ).

Phenology: IV-IX .

General distribution: Europe, Caucasus, N Africa, Siberia, Central Asia ( Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan), East Asia (Russian Far East). [PAL]

Note: A common species in Latvia. Pest of young pine stands ( Ozols 1985).