Hoplia graminicola, (Fabricius, 1792)

Alekseev, Vitalii I., 2018, Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of The Kaliningrad Region (Russia): The Commented Actual Checklist, Assessment Of Rarity And Notes To Regional Protection, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 18 (2), pp. 111-152 : 137

69. H. (s. str.) graminicola (Fabricius, 1792)

Lentz 1879; Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Sakhnov 2000.

Voucher specimens: 10 [Dolzhanskoe, 29 June 1997; Cherniakhovsk, 11 June 1999, 2 exp.; ibidem, 29 May 2018; Svetlogorsk, 10 June 2003, 3 exp.; 3 km S Novomoskovskoe, 04 June 2014, 2 exp.; Donskoe, 31 June 2016].

Kaliningrad Region: Chern. (Insterburg), Gur. (Königsberg, Quednau), Nest. (Rominten), Zel. (Bludau, Kurische Nehrung, Loppöhnen, Neuhäuser, Pillau, Rauschen); Bagr., Chern., Krasn., Nest., Zel.

Comments: Widely distributed, occasional species in the Kaliningrad Region, associated with xeric meadows and edges of pine forests species.