Sitona obsoletus (Gmelin)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 335

Sitona obsoletus (Gmelin)

Curculio obsoletus Gmelin, 1790

Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal, 1834

Curculio flavescens Marsham 1802 [HN].

Sitona longicollis Fåhraeus, 1840

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK DON IFR KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG LWI ODE POLRIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [ Miller 1868: 25; Lindeman 1871: 192, 285; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Roubal 1941: 156; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 281; Kubisz et al. 1998: 268; Mazur 2002: 239; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Nazarenko 2010d: 89].

Distribution. Palaearctic; introduced to USA and Australia.

Material examined. 51 specimens ( KUMN, ZMUN, ZIN, SIZK). Cherkasy Prov .: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Uman, Sofiivka park, Belanovskii leg., 6.ix.1927 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kaniv Biosphere Reserve , L. V. Vasiliev leg., 26– 29.vi.1979 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Dobrovelichkovka, Savchenko leg., 3.vii.1942 ; Crimea : 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kerch env., A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 21.ii.1901 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 03.iv.1901 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Eupatoria env., V. E. Yakovlev leg., 12.vi.1905 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Pyriatyn Distr. , 7.v.1918 .

Biology. Meadows in forests, grasslands. Adults occur in IV–XI. Oligophagous on Fabaceae , mostly Trifolium spp.