Pseudorchestes cinereus (Fåhraeus)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 232-233

Pseudorchestes cinereus (Fåhraeus)

Orchestes cinereus Fåhraeus, 1843

Records. ČER DON IFR KHM KHR LUG LWI TER VIN [ Penecke 1928: 377; Mazur 2002: 238].

Distribution. Central and east Europe ( Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 6 km NNW Snezhnoe, env. of Andreevka , under forest, S. Medvedev leg., 28.v.1952 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 3 spec. ( KUMN) Vovchansk Distr. , 1 km NW Stary Saltiv, meadow near forest lake, sweeping, N. Yunakov leg., 12.viii.1997 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, N .

Yunakov leg., 24.vi.1995; Luhansk Prov.: 3 spec. ( KUMN) 20 km NNE Luhansk, Nizhneteploe env, floodland Siverskyi Donets River , swamp, grove , S. Medvedev leg., 31.v.1953; 1 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 15 km SSE Krasnodon [= Sorokyne ] , Provalsky Step Nature Reserve , S. Medvedev leg., 19.v.1947 .

Biology. Meadows, floodplains. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Centaurea spp., C. scabiosa (Asteraceae) , Salvia pratensis (Lamiaceae) ( Tempère & Péricart 1989; Mazur 2002)