Sibinia (Sibinia) pellucens (Scopoli)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 243-244

Sibinia (Sibinia) pellucens (Scopoli)

Curculio pellucens Scopoli, 1772

Curculio canus Herbst, 1784

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE* KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT* [ Schoenherr 1835: 431; Nowicki 1864: 37; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Król 1877: 56; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 216; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Silantiev 1898: XXV; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 81; Kiseritzky 1915: 182; Penecke 1928: 376; Shapiro 1930: 143; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Roubal 1941: 186; Kryshtal 1949: 178; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1956b: 137; Caldara 1985: 41; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 306; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Nazarenko & Moroz 2000b: 42; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 239; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 39; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54; Caldara 2004a; Nazarenko 2005b: 60; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Nazarenko 2009b: 501; Sumarokov 2009: 179; Caldara 2013a: 160; Nazarenko 2013b: 28].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Siberia, North Africa ( Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 7 spec. ( ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizericki leg., vi.1907 ; 4 spec. ( ZIN) idem, vi.1908 ; Crimea: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Tauria, A. Yakovlev leg. ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Alupka ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol, G. Kachowski leg. ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Dzhalman, G. Kachowski leg. ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 29.iv.1899 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Alma, A. Bazhenov leg., 10.v.1899 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Sabli, Kiritschenko leg., 17.v.1907 ; Dnipro Prov. : 1 spec. ( ZIN) Dnipro, Igren, 1.vi.1912 ; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Novoselivka, Siversky Donets River, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 28.v.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 15–16.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 27.v.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 1.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) meadows Netrius River near Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1939 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Yarova, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 25.v.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Prishib, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., vii.1936 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Banne, Siverskyi Donets River , Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 12.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, Biological station , Arnoldi leg., 6.vi.1918 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1918 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 27.vi.1918 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Lozova, G. Sumakow, 4.vi .; 2 spec. ( KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv , env. of Dachi railway platform, mixed forest, wet meadow in depression, N. Yunakov leg., 18.v.1998 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary , E. Chernova leg., 11.vii.1974 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) W env . Kharkiv, Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg., 12.vi.1928 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) idem, Fedorov leg., 27.v.1928 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kherson, steppe, Graftio leg., 15.v.1899 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 13 spec. ( ZIN) Bahovitsa, N48.613172, E26.728403, Sainog leg., 5– 9.vi.1896 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1896 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 6–10.vii.1896 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Bahovitsa, Grum-Grzhimailo leg., 16–19.v.1895 ; 7 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 19.v.–8.vi.1895 ; 5 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 9–11.vi.1895 ; 16 spec. ( ZIN) idem, vi.1895 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Grabova Balka, 30 km E of Debaltseve , Arnoldi leg., 30.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 20.v.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 27.v.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 6.vi.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 15.vi.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Provallya , Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 26.vi.1928 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 5.vi.1910 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 5.vi.1911 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, 6.vii.1911 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 31.v.1924 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1926 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.v.1927 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Desniansko-Starohutskyi National Park, Stara Huta, right bank of Ulichka River , near turf, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 22.vi.2006 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Rokytne Distr., Bilsk Forestry , V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 12.vi.2008 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Klesiv Distr., 9 km NE Klesiv, Somyne Lake , 14.vi.2008 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) Ostrog Distr., Chernyakhovo, Neklyudov leg., 1–5.vii.1900 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 3 spec. ( SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, S. Volovnik leg., 20.v.1986 ; 5 spec. ( ZIN) idem, S. V. Winter leg., 22.vi.1985 ; 7 spec. ( ZIN) Marjanivka, S. V. Winter leg., 20–25.v.1983 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 15.vi.1897 .

Biology. Meadows, forest edge, steppes, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Caryophyllaceae : Melandrium album ( Penecke 1928; Ioannisiani 1972; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); Silene nutans ( Penecke 1928; Isayev 2007); M. dioicum ( Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); S. vulgaris ( Smreczyński 1972) ; M. latifolium ( Caldara 1985) ; Eremogone saxatilis , S. viscaria ( Dedyukhin 2012) .