Involvulus (Teretriorhynchites) caeruleus caeruleus (De Geer)

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

Involvulus (Teretriorhynchites) caeruleus caeruleus (De Geer)

Curculio caeruleus De Geer, 1775

Rhynchites conicus Illiger, 1807

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO KYI LWI MYK ODE SUM TER VIN ZAK [ Nowicki 1858: 18; 1864: 33; 1865: 33; 1870: 11; Lindeman 1871: 197; Nowicki 1873: 39; Łomnicki 1884: 35; 1886: 236; Kulikowski 1897: 213; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Łomnicki 1905: 86; Pjatakova 1930: 335; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Roubal 1941: 107; Kryshtal 1959: 73; Tveritina 1966: 50; Lavrukh 1971: 25; Solodovnikova & Pejeva 1978: 77; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko 2013b: 14].

Distribution. Europe, Kazakhstan, Turkey ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Donetsk, arboretum, steppe, sweeping, Yu.A. Guglya leg., 25.iv.2014 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) N Volnovakha, Velikoanadolskyi Forest , D.S. Shapiro leg., 02.v.1937 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) idem, D.S. Shapiro leg., 16.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv , env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg. ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv , env. of Dachi railway platform, mixed forest, logging plot, on Frangula alnus, N. Yunakov leg., 25.v.1998 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 7 km NEE Chuhuiv , env. of Kitsevka, sandy steppe, sweeping, A. Slutsky leg., 18.ix.2012 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 8 km SW Izyum , env. of Topalske, deciduous forest in ravine, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 14.v.2009 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) env . Kharkiv, Juzhnoe Forestry, Danilovskij dendropark, A. Slutsky leg., 09.ix.2014 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, ravine, on flowering Padus avium, N. Yunakov leg., 18.iv.1999 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) W env . Kharkiv, Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg., 13.vi.1927 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Desniansko-Starohutskyi National Park , env. Stara Huta, right bank UlichkaRiver, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 22.vi.2006

Biology. Forests, shrublands. Adults occur in IV–VI, VIII–IX. On Rosaceae : Pyrus spp., Malus spp., Prunus spp., Crataegus spp., Sorbus spp., Rosa spp., Cydonia spp., Mespilus spp. ( Ter-Minasian 1950; Dieckmann 1974)