Cleonis pigra (Scopoli)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 367

Cleonis pigra (Scopoli)

Curculio pigra Scopoli, 1763

Cleonus sulciroslris (Linnaeus, 1767)

Records. CRI ČER ČRK* DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO* KYI LWI LUG MYK* ODE POL RIV SUM* TER VIN * ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [Hummel 1826: 41; Carte 1858: 277; Nowicki 1858: 17, 1864: 34, 1873: 35; Hormuzaki 1888: 153; Belke 1859a: 53; Lindeman 1871: 195; Łomnicky 1875: 176, 1884: 33; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Pliginskyi 1916: 331; Lukjanovitch 1928: 249; Penecke 1928: 358; Shapiro 1930: 141, 1940a: 52; Roubal 1941: 168; Arnoldi 1956: 287, 296, 338; Tveritina 1956: 137; Globova 1958: 164; Britskyi 1959: 5; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Mazur 2002: 227; Sumarokov 2009: 176].

Distribution. Palaearctic ( Meregalli & Fremuth 2013); introduced to North America ( Lindroth 1957; Cawthra 1958; O'Brien & Wibmer 1982).

Material examined. 232 specimens ( ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, ZMUM, NSPU, IMC SKC SSC) including :

Cherkasy Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZMUK) Smela, 1.v.1932 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUK) Cherkasy, A.F. Kryshtal leg., 14.vi.1949 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUK) Kanyv, 20.v.1947 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Uman, V. Gross-Geim leg., 30.iv.1927 ; 3 spec. ( SIZK) Čerkasy Distr., Ruska Polyana, 25–30.viii.1981 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUM) Kaniv, A.F. Kryshtal leg., 5.vi.1948 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kaniv Distr., Yabluniv, A.D.Kryshtal leg., 4.vi.1953 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov. :, Velyka Viska, 21.v; Kyiv Prov .: 1 spec. ( ZMUK) Velika Pisarevka Distr., Katanske, 1925 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK); Mykolaiv Prov .: 3 spec. ( SIZK) Voznesensky Distr. , Shcherbany, S. V. Volovnik leg., 25.iv.1983 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, I. Plyushch leg., 10.vii.1983 ; Sumy Prov.: 2 spec. ( SIZK) Konotop , V. Bondar leg., 23.vii.1928 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Lebedyn Distr., Lifino, Goncharenko leg., 15.vi.1953 ; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Haysin, A. Vinnitskij leg.; Zaporizhia Prov .: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Melitopol Distr. , Sosnovka, Staroberdyanskyi Forest, S. V. Volovnik leg., 26.vi.1981 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, near root collar of Onopordum acanthium, S.V. Volovnik leg., 27.vi.1982 ; 1 spec. ( SSC) Melitopol, Molochnaya River , Shevchenko leg., 23.vi.1997 ; 1 spec. ( SSC)) idem, S.I. Suchkov leg., 17.iv.2000 ; 1 spec. ( SSC) idem, S.I. Suchkov leg., 23.vi.1997 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Yakymivka Distr. , Altagir, Altagir forest, S. V. Volovnik leg., 21.vi.1975 ; 1 spec. ( SSC) idem, S.I. Suchkov leg., 5.vi.1999 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUM) Hulyaipole, I. Ioffe leg., 25.viii.1924 ; 2 spec. ( YKC) Melitopol Distr. , Myrne vill, Yu. V. Karmyshev leg., 3.x.2009 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Zhytomyr, Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897 ; 3 spec. ( SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 6.vi.1923 ; 6 spec. ( SIZK) idem, G. Proschiga leg., vi.1921 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 30.v.1922 ; 6 spec. ( SIZK) idem, vi.5 ; 4 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 9.v.1925 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zhytomyr Distr. , 1902 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 1903 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 1905 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Radomyshl, Lindeman leg. ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zhytomyr, 1909 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Berdichyv env., A.Voblenko leg., 9.v.1983 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Malin, sands, under wormwood, A.Bogachev leg., 23.x.1944 .

Biology. Xerothermic, sandy and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–X. Oligophagous on Asteraceae : Carduus , Cirsium , Onopordum , Cynara , Silybum , Centaurea etc. Larvae in root galls. (Lindenberg 1950; Cawthra 1958; Volovnik 1989).