Bruchela kaszabi (Strejček)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 28

Bruchela kaszabi (Strejček)

Urodon kaszabi Strejček, 1973

Urodon orientalis Strejček, 1982

Bruchela pigmaea auct. [MI] not Gyllenhal, 1833

Records. CRI* DON* KHE* KHR* LWI MYK* ODE* [ Ter-Minasian 1965: 478; Cmoluch 1989: 19].

Distribution. Dry grasslands of central Palaearctic.

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. ( KUMN) Kirovske , Kokova leg., 14.v.1961 ; 4 spec. ( KUMN) Eupatoria , Uyutnoye, I. V. Maltsev leg., 30.v.1949 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve S.I. Medvedev leg., 25.v.1948 ; 13 spec. ( KUMN) 7 km SWW Svyatohirsk, Bohorodichne env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 17.vi.1952 ; Kherson Prov.: 7 spec. ( KUMN) NE Hola Prystan, Burkuty env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 21.v.1951 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve , Ivano- Rybalchanski Division, S.I. Medvedev leg., 26.vi.1950 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Malaya Lepetikha S.I. Medvedev leg., 21.v.1951 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) right bank of Dniestr River , 25.vi.1953 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 m ( SIZK) Vitovka Distr., Lupareve, Dnieper-Buh Lyman , N46.696149, E31.974638, A. Petrenko leg., 20.v.1978 .

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in V–VI. Oligophagous on Iberis pinnata , I. sempervirens (Brassicaceae) and Reseda spp. ( Resedaceae ); larva in seeds.

Notes. Due to misidentification this species was recorded from Ukraine as B. pigmaea .