Barynotus obscurus (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 : 269-270

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:30009F6B-B87F-4955-85E1-A0159C2A73A2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3802563
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Barynotus obscurus (Fabricius)
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Barynotus obscurus (Fabricius) View in CoL

Curculio obscurus Fabricius, 1775

Records. ČER KHM KYI LWI TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT* [ Cherkunov 1889: 187; Kubisz et al. 1998: 268; Mazur 2002: 224].

Distribution. Boreal and nemoral zones of Europe; introduced to Canada ( Brown 1950)

Material examined. Kyiv Prov.: 1f ( SIZK) Kyiv, under Aegopodium podagraria , Anemone sp. and Ranunculus repens, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 28.iv.2017; Volyn Prov.:1f ( KUMN) Volyn, Besser leg., 1827; Zhytomyr Prov.: 2 spec. ( SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 14.v.1920

Biology. Grasslands in scattered mixed forests. The species is represented in Ukraine by parthenogenetic populations only; bisexual population is known from France ( Hoffmann, 1954). Imago nocturnal, occur in VI–VII. Polyphagous on herbs ( Rosaceae , Asteraceae , Fabaceae , Violaceae , Primulaceae ), occasionally on various crops.