Involvulus (Teretriorhynchites) pubescens (Fabricius)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 443-444

Involvulus (Teretriorhynchites) pubescens (Fabricius)

Curculio pubescens Fabricius, 1775

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LWI RIV TER VIN VOL [ Chernay 1854: 169; Nowicki 1858: 18; 1864: 33; 1865: 33; Hormuzaki 1888: 156; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Łomnicki 1905: 85; 1913: 147; Kinel & Noskiewicz 1924: 132; Penecke 1928: 384; Pyatakova 1930: 335; Kuntze 1932: 56; Kuntze & Noskiewicz 1933: 132; Kryshtal 1959: 72; Lazorko 1963: 81; Lavrukh 1971: 25; 1972: 29; Zelinskaya 1977: 73; Solodovnikova & Pejeva 1978: 76; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko et al. 2004: 68; Sumarokov 2009: 164; Nazarenko 2012f: 50].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle East, North Africa) ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( NSPU) Nosivka Distr., Chervoni Partyzany [= Volodkova Divytsia], P.N. Sheshurak leg., 5.x.1991 ; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi step Nature Reserve, S. Medvedev leg., 24.v.1948 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) idem, D. V. Vovk leg., 22.v.1999 ; 4 spec. ( KUMN) idem, Martynov leg., 10.v.1989 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) idem, on Thalictrum, Martynov leg., 09.v.1989 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) idem, site steppe with Linum perenne, D.S. Shapiro leg., 24.v.1948 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) 20 km NW Volodarske, Kamyani Mohyly Nature Reserve , Martynov leg., 01.v.1998 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 7 km SWW Sviatohirsk, env. of Bohorodychne, floodland Siverskyi Donets River , bank lake, S. Medvedev leg., 18.vi.1952 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv , env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets- Zakharzhevski leg. ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary , Zolotarev leg., 07.vii.1977 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) env . Kharkiv, I. Krynicki leg., 1833; 1 spec. ( KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva , on grass under oak, N. Yunakov leg., 29.v.1995 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) NE Hola Prystan, env. of Burkuty, Dnieper River delta, ravine with birches and blackberry, S. Medvedev leg., 02.vi.1951

Biology. Wet meadows, steppes, floodplains. Adults occur in V–VII, X. On Thalictrum flavum , T. minus (Ranunculaceae) ( Ter-Minasian 1950; Lavrukh 1971; Dieckmann 1974)