Omphalapion laevigatum (Paykull)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 46-47

Omphalapion laevigatum (Paykull)

Curculio laevigatum Paykull, 1792

Attelabus sorbi Fabricius, 1792

Records. ČER IFR KHM KHR LWI RIV* TER VIN VOL* ZAK [ Nowicki 1864: 33; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 233; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Łomnicki 1905: 85; Penecke 1928: 380; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Khrolinsky 1965: 109; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1965b: 337; 1966: 333; Wanat 1995: 126; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 157].

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

Material examined. Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Dubno env., Krasnoye, S. Karavaev leg. ; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Husiatyn Distr., Grymailiv env., along road to Hostra Mt. , V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 3.vi.1998 ; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Markovichi, A. Yakovlev leg., 8.iv.1898 ; 1 spec. (KrC) Shatsk Distr., Pulemets env., O.M. Kravchenko leg., 12.v.2002 ; Zakarpatska Prov .: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Uzhhorod, 1988 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–IX ( Dieckmann 1977). On Asteraceae : Tanacetum corymbosum ( Penecke 1928; Khrolinsky 1965); Jacobaea vulgaris ( Hoffmann 1958) ; Anthemis arvensis , A. cotula , Matricaria chamomilla , Tripleurospermum inodorum ( Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Wanat 1995); Cota tinctoria ( Dieckmann 1977; Wanat 1995); A. cretica ( Wanat 1995) .