Ceratapion (Echinostroma) basicorne (Illiger)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 43

Ceratapion (Echinostroma) basicorne (Illiger)

Apion basicorne Illiger, 1807

Apion tauricum Desbrochers des Loges, 1902

Apion alliariae : auct. [MI] not Linnaeus, 1758

Records. CRI ČER KYI POL* RIV VOL [ Cherkunov 1889: 190; Desbrochers des Loges 1902: 159; Penecke 1932: 355; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991: 520; Wanat 1995: 264; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a: 156].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Kyiv, V. Yakovlev leg. ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 22.ix.1925 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 31.vii.1927 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–X ( Dieckmann 1977). On Asteraceae : Cirsium arvense ( Penecke 1932) ; Carduus pycnocephalus ( Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); Centaurea cyanus ( Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); C. jacea ( Smreczyński 1965; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); Arctium lappa , Centaurea calcitrapa , C. scabiosa , C. solstitialis , Onopordum tauricum ( Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); C. stoebe ( Wanat 1995) .