Aspidapion (Koestlinia) aeneum (Fabricius)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 38-39

Aspidapion (Koestlinia) aeneum (Fabricius)

Curculio aeneum Fabricius, 1775

Records. CRI ČER ČRK IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [ Krynicki 1832: 145; Chernay 1854: 170, 239; Nowicki 1864: 33; Belke 1866: 505; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 231; Hormuzaki 1888: 155; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Kulikowski 1897: 212; Rybiński

1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Penecke 1928: 380; Shapiro 1930: 144; Medvedev 1950c: 96; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 154; Khrolinsky 1965: 109; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; 1965b: 336; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Nazarenko et al. 1998a: 112; Nazarenko et al. 1998b: 118; Nazarenko et al. 1999: 531; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2009c: 38; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 153].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant, Iran, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, North Africa ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Zolotonosha , Kizericki leg., 20.iv.1906 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, vi.1907 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Uman, on mallow, 5.viii.1924 ; Crimea: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol , Salgir River valley, A. Bazhenov leg., 14.vi.1899 ; 27 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 14.vii.1899 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Alma , A. Bazhenov leg., 30.v.1899 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 29.vi.1899 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 18.vii.1899 ; 8 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 5.viii.1899 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) mouth of Alma , Bazhenov leg., 17.vi.1899 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Yalta env., Natashino, Kuznetsova leg., 25.vi.1925 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol , Kirichenko leg., 27.vi.1907 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 30.vi.1907 ; 8 spec. ( ZIN) Alma River , Rybakov leg. ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol env., Graftio leg., VI–VII.1899 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Eupatoria , V. Yakovlev leg. ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Alupka , 16.ix.1936 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Alupka ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol , Pawlowski leg., 13.vi.1911 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Mukhalatka , Alchenko leg., 23.vi.1900 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Tavel , S. Zyabkin leg., 6.v.1907 ;

Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Bahovytsya, DniesterRiver bank, Sainog leg., 9.vii.1896 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kyiv, Yakovlev leg.; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kyiv-Svyatoshine Distr., Luka, Jenni leg. ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 spec. ( SIZK) Pervomaisk Distr., Synyukhyn Brid, Synyukha River , T. Pushkarleg., 9.vi.2007 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Bugaz, Sugonyaev leg., 16.vii.1959 ; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Verkhivka, N48.449871, E29.144449, Chekini leg., 21–23.v.1901 .

Biology. Meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX. On Malvaceae : Malva moschata , M. pusilla ( Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); Alcea rosea , M. sylvestris ( Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Althaea officinalis ( Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Dieckmann 1977); Lavatera thuringiaca ( Solodovnikova 1963a) ; M. neglecta ( Dieckmann 1977) .