Ceutorhynchus resedae ( Marsham, 1802 )

Colonnelli, Enzo & Osella, Giuseppe, 2009, New data on some Curculionoidea (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae) from Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 421-426 : 423

Ceutorhynchus resedae ( Marsham, 1802)

Material examined. Sardinia: Carbonia-Iglesias prov., Domusnovas, sa Duchessa , 371 m, UTM 32S 0464990 4358384, 19.IX–3.X.2006, G. Chessa leg., Malaise trap, 1 ex ( CNBFVR) .

Notes. Although this quite uncommon species has been reported from several central and southern regions of Italy and from Sicily ( Colonnelli 2003) , the collecting of a single specimen at Sa Duchessa is the first record for Sardinia.

Ceutorhynchus resedae is known from England, several countries of central and south-western Europe, and Tunisia ( Colonnelli 2004). Development takes place at the base of stems of Reseda alba , R. phyteuma and R. luteola (Resedaceae) ( Colonnelli 2004), the first two plants occurring in the above Sardinian locality ( Ballero & Angiolini 1991).