Larinus (Larinomesius) canescens Gyllenhal, 1835

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 384

Larinus (Larinomesius) canescens Gyllenhal

Larinus canescens Gyllenhal, 1835

Larinus marginicollis Petri, 1907

Records. CRI DON KYI LUG LWI MYK* ZAP ZAK [Volovnik 1995a: 316; Mazur 2002: 230; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53].

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

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Karadagh, Shatrovky leg., vii.1996 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) Gurzuf, on Centaurea salonitana, K. Arnoldi leg., 9.vii.1948 ; 5 spec. ( ZIN) Saki, 22.vi ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Feodosia, I. V. Maltsev leg., 23.vii.1950 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Feodosia, I. V. Maltsev leg., 29.viii.1950 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) “ Crimea ”, Kishlov leg., 10.vii.1937 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Alushta, A. Bogachev leg., 18.vii.1953 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Bilohirsk Distr. , Bila Skelya, 3.vii.1968 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) Karadag, G. Kostylyov leg., 1928 ; Donetsk Prov.: 4 spec. ( SIZK) Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve , in Centaurea orientalis flower heads, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.viii.1982 ; 4 spec. ( SIZK) idem, S. V. Volovnik leg., in C. orientalis flower heads, 1.viii.1982 ; 5 spec. ( SIZK) idem, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.viii.1982 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, Volovnik leg., 17.vi.1983 ; 5 spec. ( SIZK) Sviatohirsk Distr., Bogorodychne , chalky slope, S. V. Volovnik leg., 27.vi.1983 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kyiv, Pushcha- Voditsya , pinery, 8.vi.1937 ; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. ( SIZK) Milove Distr., Striltsivskyi Step Nature Reserve, on C. orientalis flower heads, S. V. Volovnik leg., 27.vi.1983 ; 1spec. ( SIZK) idem, S.I. Medvedev, 27.vi.1949 ; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Sambir Distr., Rudky, 13.vi.1965 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation, UkrBIN ID 40929) Mykolaiv City envb., N47.040139, E31.994867, observed by R. Stepoviy, 17.vii.2017 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zaporizhia, Khortytsia Island, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.vii.1982 ; 5 spec. ( SIZK) Rozyvka Distr., Kamyani Mohyly Reserve , in C. orientalis flower heads, S. V. Volovnik leg., 15.vi.1983 .

Biology. Primary steppes. Beetles occure in VI–VII. Oligophagous on Centaurea (Asteraceae) : C. orientalis ( Volovnik 1996a) , C. ornata ( Cobo et al. 2014) .

Notes. Record in Ivano-Frankivsk Province ( Sirenko & Slobodian 2012) is based on misidentification.