Larinus (Phyllonomeus) centaurii (Olivier)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 387-388

Larinus (Phyllonomeus) centaurii (Olivier)

Lixus centaurii Olivier, 1807

Larinus beckeri Petri, 1907 [RN]

Records. ČER ČRK* DON* KHR* LUG* MYK* ODE ZAP* [ Penecke 1932: 351; Nazarenko & Gontarenko 2016: 150].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north). ( Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Lyman Distr. , Zakitne, S. V. Volovnik leg., 21.vi.1983 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaydary , summer 1992 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, N. Yunakov leg., 24.vi.1995 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Severodonetsk , left bank of Borovaya River, B. V .

Volkov leg., 23.vii.1979; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Milove Distr., Striltsivskyi Step Nature Reserve , 30.vi.1949 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 spec. ( NSPU) Pervomaysk Distr., Kuripchino , floodplain of Pivdennyi Buh River , P.N. Sheshurak leg., 29.v.1997 ; 1 spec. ( NSPU) idem, 5.vi.2001 ; 1 spec. ( NSPU) idem, 22.vii.2004 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. ( SIZK) Melitopol Distr., Myrne, near Kamyana Mogila Reserve , in dry flower heads of Centaurea , 29.vii.2014 .

Biology. Primary steppes and secondary grasslands. Adults occur in IV–VII. Oligophagous on Asteraceae , mostly on Centaurea species.