Hylobius transversovittatus, (GOEZE, 1777)

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2011, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 2, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (2), pp. 209-231 : 225

65. HYLOBIUS TRANSVERSOVITTATUS (GOEZE, 1777)

Examined material: Recorded once: Zelenogradsk district, 2 km E Russkoe, 54°84´71.6´´N 20°05´49.7´´E, 4.VII.2010 (1 ex., Salicetum at the bank of the small lake, on Lythrum salicaria , leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: On the territory of the former East Prussia, this species has been reported from Ludwigsort [Ladushkin] and Dammteich [the Divnoe Lake] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), this species has been recorded from Finland, Karelia, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. It occurs also in Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996), Estonia ( Bukejs & Balalaikins 2011), Latvia ( Balalaikins & Bukejs 2011), Lithuania ( Tamutis et al. 2011) and Poland ( Wanat & Mokrzycki 2005). Findings in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are unknown but should be expected. The species inhabits the waterbodies banks and the natural wet meadows with loosestrife, on which roots the larva feeds.