Spermophagus Schoenherr, 1833

Bukejs, Andris, 2010, Materials to the knowledge of Latvian seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (2), pp. 177-184 : 182

Spermophagus Schoenherr, 1833

syn.: Euspermophagus Zacher, 1930

S. sericeus (Geoffroy, 1785)

References: Telnov 2004; Telnov et al. 2005.

Examined material: 1 ex.: Daugavpils d.: Ilgas, Silene Nature Park, 9.V.1996 (1, leg. A.Barševskis). Host plants: Convolvulus , Calystegia .

Phenology: V, VI.

General distribution: S and C Europe, south and central part of European Russia, Caucasus, Asia Minor, south part of W Siberia, Central Asia. [CAE]

Note: Very rare species, with two records from SW and SE Latvia. According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), the species is mentioned for Denmark, Finland, Lithuania and Sweden. It is known also from Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996).