Bruchela rufipes (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 : 29

Bruchela rufipes (Olivier)

Bruchus rufipes Olivier, 1790

Records. CRI KHM KHE LUG LWI TER ŽIT [ Belke 1866: 504; Cmoluch 1989: 16; Kubisz et al. 1998: 263].

Distribution. Central and South Europe, North Africa.

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Saky Distr. , Mezhgorskoye, Bogachev leg., 26.vi.1953 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Bilohirsk env. Nikitin S. leg., 30.v.1976 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Simferopol, Nikolayeva leg., 02.vii.1953 ;

Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Malaya Lepetikha—Pervomayevka, S.I. Medvedev leg., 18.vi.1951 ; Luhansk Prov.: 3 spec. ( KUMN) Starobelsk uezd, Bilovodsk env., 30.v.1914 .

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in V–VI. Oligophagous on Reseda spp. ( Resedaceae ); larva in seeds ( Cmoluch 1989)