Peritelus sphaeroides Germar

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 301

Peritelus sphaeroides Germar

Peritelus sphaeroides Germar, 1824

Records. ČNG KHR ODE ZAP [ Krynicki 1832: 151; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 122].

Distribution. Europe.

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv , Konstantovka env. [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevsky leg. ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) Kharkiv env., Krynicky leg., 15.v.1830 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 13 km SE Zmiiv, near Lyman, Borove lake , Yakushenko B.M. leg., 22.iv.1977 ; 4 spec. ( ZIN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env., 29.v.1981 ; 5 spec. ( ZIN) Vasischeve env., Chorny Lis, N. Yunakov leg., 18.vi.1996 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Krasnokutsk Distr., Sorokove, N. Yunakov leg., 24.vi.2000 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, Dachi railway platform env., A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 18.vii.2003 ; Odesa Prov.: 14 spec. ( ZIN) Vylkove env., Chernavin leg., 22.v.1911 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 6 spec. ( ZIN) Khortytsia Island, A.G. Koval leg., 02.v.1988 .

Biology. Grasslands and shrublands. Adults occur in V–VII. Polyphagous, documented mostly on Genista tintctoria and Cytisus ruthenicus .