Phyllobius (MetaPhyllobius)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 307

Phyllobius (MetaPhyllobius) pomaceus Gyllenhal

Phyllobius pomaceus Gyllenhal, 1834

Phyllobius urticae (De Geer, 1775) [HN]

Phyllobius alneti (Fabricius, 1792) [HN]

Records. ČER ČNG IFR KRO KHE KHM KHR KYI LWI LUG ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [ Cherkunov 1889: 193; Hildt 1893: 231; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 271; Kubisz et al. 1998: 267; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 37; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 122; Mazur 2002: 237; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Yunakov & Korotyaev 2007: 693; Nazarenko 2010d: 88].

Distribution. Palaearctic.

Material examined. 250 specimens ( KUMN, SZIK, ZIN, ZMUN, SIZK) including: Zhytomyr Prov. : 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 30.v.1922 ; 5 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 14.v.1925 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Korostyshiv env., V. K. Odnosum leg., 7.vi.1977 .

Biology. Forests, floodplains, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VII. Feeds mostly on Urtica dioica (Urticaceae) , but recorded from many other plants.

Note. This polymorphous species is represented by two subspecies occasionally considered as separate species: Ph. pomaceus pomaceus occurring in Europe, and Ph. pomaceus fessus Boh. occurring in Siberia. Ph. fessus has recently been recorded from Poland, that obviously based on misidentified specimens of Ph. jacobsoni .