Gonioctena pallida, (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2010, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 1., Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (2), pp. 157-176 : 170

48. GONIOCTENA PALLIDA (LINNAEUS, 1758) Examined material: Recorded from only one locality: Bagrationovsk district, near the railway station “ 1312 km ”, 54°33´10´´N 20°9´30´´E, 08.VI.2009 (1 ex., clearing in a mixed forest, on Corylus avellana , leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: This palaearctic species is sporadically widespread in Europe, Siberia, eastern Kazakhstan, Mongolia and the Russian Far East ( Bieńkowski 2004, Borowiec 2004, Warchałowski 2003) and occurs on Sorbus, Crateagus, Padus, Salix, Populus ( Lopatin, Nesterova 2005). On the territory of the former East Prussia it was reported from Wehlau [Znamensk] only ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979).