Stenostola ferrea (Schrank, 1776)

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Stenostola ferrea (Schrank, 1776)

R e a r e d m a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Maydan , 28.02.2014, 3 specimens, ex larva; Tsenzhiv, 28.02.2014, 1 specimen, ex larva (A. Zamoroka & V. Shparyk) ( PUIF) .

Biology. Larvae are polyphagous on deciduous trees with preferences on Tilia spp.

(Zamoroka & Kapeliukh, 2016).

Chrysomelidae

Longitarsus sp.

R e a r e d m a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Ivano-Frankivsk, 16.02.2014, 1 specimen, ex larva

(A. Zamoroka) (PUIF).

Biology. Larvae develop mainly on herbaceous plants. Our record of Longitarsus sp. on V. album is probably occasional.

Ciidae

Orthocis alni (Gyllenhal, 1813)

R e a r e d m a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Tsenzhiv , 28.02.2014, 1 specimen, ex larva (A. Zamoroka & V. Shparyk) ( PUIF) .

Biology. Larvae and adults of O. alni are associated with the fruiting bodies of a wide range of saproxylic fungi, mostly Polyporaceae but also Corticiaceae and others (Alexan- der, 2002). The species has not previously been seen on V. album . We reared the only specimen on a twig of V. album infected by S. visci .

Cucujidae

Lathropus sepicola (P. W. J. Müller, 1821)

R e a r e d m a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Sokil , 13.10.2013, 1 specimen, ex larva (A. Zamoroka & V. Shparyk) ( PUIF) .

Biology. Larvae of Lathropus sepicola feed on saproxylic fungi ( Uliana, 2003). The species was first reared from V. album heavily infected by S. visci .

Curculionidae

Ernoporus tiliae (Panzer, 1793)

R e a r e d m a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Sokil , 13.10.2013, 134 specimens, ex larva, (A. Zamoroka & V. Shparyk) ( PUIF) ; Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Maydan , 28.02.2014, 6 specimens, ex larva (A. Zamoroka & V. Shparyk) ( PUIF) .

Biology. Larvae feed under the bark of Tilia spp. ( Alexander, 2002). It was also reported in association with lime wood infected by the parasitic fungus Geosmithia sp. ( Kubátová et al., 2004). Our records of E. tiliae on V. album infected by S. visci were the first evidence of the association of these three species.

Trogossitidae

Nemozoma elongatum (Linnaeus, 1761)

R e a r e d m a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Sokil , 13.10.2013, 4 specimens, ex larva (A. Zamoroka & V. Shparyk) ( PUIF) .

Biology. Larvae and adults are predators and feed on the eggs of bark beetles as well as on larvae of wood-boring beetles and other insects ( Miłkowski et al., 2019). We first spotted N. elongatum on V. album inhabited by E. tiliae , Rh. marchica , L. femoratus and others.

Hemiptera

Aphididae

Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763

R e a r e d m a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Sokil , 13.10.2013, 4 specimens, ex larva (A. Zamoroka & V. Shparyk) ( PUIF) .

Biology. Polyphagous on various angiosperms ( Wieczorek et al., 2019).

Psyllidae

Cacopsylla visci (Curtis, 1835)

R e a r e d m a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Sokil , 13.10.2013, 62 specimens, ex larva; Maydan, 28.02.2014, 24 specimens, ex larva ; Ivano-Frankivsk, 16.02.2014, 131 specimens, ex larva; Tsenzhiv, 28.02.2014, 10 specimens, ex larva (A. Zamoroka & V. Shparyk) ( PUIF) .

Biology. Monophagous specialist on V. album ( Schumacher, 1918; Hellrigl, 2006).

Hymenoptera

Braconidae

Eubazus sp.

R e a r e d m a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Sokil , 13.10.2013, 1 specimen, ex larva (A. Zamoroka & V. Shparyk) ( PUIF) .

Biology. Larvae are the primary koinobiont endoparasitoids of Curculionidae eggs and larvae ( Alauzet, 1987). Rhaphitropis marchica is likely a possible host of Eubazus sp. reared during this study. The association of Eubazus sp. with insect communities on V. album was previously unknown.