Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 161

Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer)

Curculio horridus Panzer, 1801

Ceuthorrhynchidius spinosus : auct. [MI] not Goeze, 1777

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI IFR KHE* KHM KHR* KYI LWI ODE* POL* TER VIN ZAK [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1837: 505; Miller 1868: 27; Lindemann 1871: 201; Łomnicki 1884: 33; Łomnicki 1886: 223; Rybiński 1903b: 148; Penecke 1928: 367; Korotyaev 1980: 251; Isayev 1994: 66; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 307; Kubisz et al. 1998: 275; Mazur 2002: 241; Colonnelli 2004a: 64; Colonnelli 2004b; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Nazarenko 2010a: 705; Colonnelli 2013: 204; Nazarenko 2015; 20].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant; introduced in North America, South America and Australia ( Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol, Dubki, 25.v.1918 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem, G. Kachowski leg. ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol, Kiritschenko leg., 29.v.1907 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Eupatoria , V. E. Yakovlev leg. ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kerch Jacentkowski leg., 25.v.1900 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 4.iii.1901 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, Kirichenko leg., 15.iv.1902 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Sabli, Kiritschenko leg., 1.v.1907 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Balaklia Distr., nr Protopopivka, Siversky Donets River , N. Yunakov leg., 27.vi.2000 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Berezivka Distr. : Vormsovo [= Vynohradne], 10.vi.1925 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( SVC) Novotroitsk Distr., Vasylivka , Churyuk Island, S. V. Volovnik leg., 20.vi.1986 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 18.vi.1926 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, ix.1926 .

Biology. Floodland meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in III–IX. On Asteraceae : Carduus acanthoides ( Penecke 1928) ; C. crispus , C. nutans , Cirsium arvense ( Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1974); Onopordum acanthium ( Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974; Angelov 1979); Cirsium vulgare ( Smreczyński 1974) ; Carduus thoermeri ( Dedyukhin 2012) ; Centaurea solstitialis (occasionally) ( Colonnelli 2004a).