Amalus scortillum (Herbst)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 106

Amalus scortillum (Herbst)

Curculio scortillum Herbst, 1795

Records. CRI ČER ČNG KHE KHM KHR KYI LWI POL TER VIN ZAK [ Krynicki 1832: 146; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Kubisz et al. 1998: 273; Mazur 2002: 222; Nazarenko 2010d: 83].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Africa and Middle East); introduced to North America ( Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 2 spec. ( KUMN) Chernigov, Sperk leg.; Crimea: 5 spec. ( ZIN) Sevastopol Distr., Inkerman , W.Pliginsky leg., 7.ii.1910 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, Pliginsky leg., 2.v.1910 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 27.i.1912 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUN), Simferopol Distr. , 8 km ESE of Perevalne, Dolgorukovskaya Yaila Mt. Range, Malaya Burulça River sources, 900m, Fagus forest, N. Yunakov leg., 19.vi.2002 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 8 km W of Kehychivka, Hutyrivka , 49°16'51" N 35°38'33" E, steppe, N. Yunakov leg., 21.viii.1998 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) W of Kharkiv , Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg. 20.v.1928 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, Dachi railway platform env., A. Drogvalenko leg., 14.vii.2003 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 14 km NW Izyum, Lysogorka , near Siverskyi Donets River, A. Drogvalenko leg., 30.iv.1993 . 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kharkiv, 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env., Arnoldi leg., 12.v.1919 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 26.v.1927 ; 5 spec. ( ZIN) idem, S.I. Medvedev leg., 7.vi.1927 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, S.I. Medvedev leg., 18.vi.1927 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 22.viii.1908 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kyiv, Lysa Hora, N of swamp, V. Nazarenko leg., 27.v.1999 ; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 10 km SW of Lviv , Obroshyne railway station env., mixed forest, N. Yunakov leg., 13.vi.1995 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Lviv, 20 km W of Lviv, 5 km NW Zatoka railway station, N. Yunakov leg., 12.vi.1995 ; Poltava 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, A. Ogloblin leg., 15.vii.1917 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, Lukjanovich leg., 28.iv.1925 . Zakarpatska Prov. : 1 spec. ( KUMN) 15 km SE Mezhhirya, Mereshor vill, N. Yunakov leg., 17.vi.1995 .

Biology. Forests and floodplains. Adults occur in I–XII. On Polygonaceae : Polygonum aviculare , Rumex spp.