Temnorhinus (Temnorhinus) hololeucus (Pallas)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 380

Temnorhinus (Temnorhinus) hololeucus (Pallas)

Curculio hololeucus Pallas, 1781

Records. CRI* KHE ZAP* [ Medvedev 1953b: 1131].

Distribution. SE Europe, Asia Minor, Middle Asia, Iran [Gültekin 2012; Bodenheimer 1937; Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kerch , Jacentkowskii leg., 13.v.1890 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Simferopol , Maltsev leg., 11.vi.1949 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Krasnoperekopsk [= Yani Kapu]. Distr., Voloshino, under Artemisia, Maltsev leg., 14.iv.1953 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Novotroitsk Distr. , Vasylivka, Churyuk Island, Yu. Karmyshev leg., 4.ix.1982 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Syvash , Kuyuk-Tuk Island, lagoon coast, under Artemisia, D. Shapiro leg., 22.v.1951 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( IMC) Yakymivka Distr. , Davydivka, 25.ix.1957 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Melitopol , on Atriplex sp., S. V. Volovnik leg., 16.vi.2015 .

Biology. Xerothermic and salty habitats. Adults occur in V–IX. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) (Aleyeva 1953; Tokgayev & Nepesova 1964; Kryvosheina 1975).