Lixus (Phillixus) incanescens Boheman

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 401

Lixus (Phillixus) incanescens Boheman

Lixus incanescens Boheman, 1835

Lixus salsolae Becker, 1867

Lixus salsolae Faust, 1884 [HN]

Records. CRI ČRK DNI DON KHE KHR* KRO KYI LUG MYK ODE SUM ZAP [ Sumarokov 2009: 178; Volovnik 2007: 526].

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

Material examined. 50 specimens ( SIZK, KUMN, ZMUM, IMC) from 11 provinces were studied. Donetsk Prov. : 2 spec. ( SIZK) Slovyansk Distr., Bogorodychne, chalky slope, on Atriplex nitens, S.V. Volovnik leg., 27.vi.1983 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Chuhuiv, A. Drogvalenko leg., 18.vii.1993 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) the ravine near Novgorodka, S. V. Volovnik leg., 14.vii.1983 ; Kyiv Prov.: arboretum “ Oleksandria ” near Bila Tserkwa, Tereznikova leg.; Mykolaiv Prov. : 2 spec. ( SIZK) Volodimirivka Distr., Volodimirivske Forestry, 19.vii.1954 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Chervony Okny, 14.vii.1980 ; 2 spec. ( IMC) Odessa, Otrada Beach , slope near sea, I. V. Maltsev leg., 9.vii.1963 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Bilyayivka Distr., Yasky , V. Karelin leg., 25.iv.1965 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Okhtyrka Distr. , 29.vi.1952 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Konotop, V. Bondar, 23.vii.1928 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Molochnyi Lyman, Podkova Island , Volovnik leg., 22.vi.1980 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 21.vi.1980 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Shelyugi , slope near lowland, S. V. Volovnik leg., 24.vi.1980 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) near Kamyanka-Dniprovska, 25.vi.1968 ; 4 spec. ( SIZK) Primorsk Distr., Obitochna Spit, in the stems of Salsola tragus, S.V. Volovnik leg., 26.viii.1982 ; 5 spec. ( SIZK) Melitopol Distr., Myrne, in the stems of Chenopodium urbicum, S.V. Volovnik leg., 5.ix.1982 .

Biology. Secondary grasslands, salty, coastal and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) ( Krivosheina 1975; Nikulina 1989; Volovnik 2007).