Ceutorhynchus assimilis Paykull, 1792

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Ceutorhynchus assimilis Paykull, 1792

=pleurostigma (Marsham, 1802)

=alauda (Fabricius 1792)

References: Fleischer 1829, Seidlitz 1872 –1875 ( C. pleurostigma and C. assimilis ), 1887–1891 ( C. pleurostigma and C. assimilis ), Rathlef 1905 ( C. pleurostigma and C. assimilis ), Lindberg 1932, Ozols 1963, Varzinska, Milenders 1981, Telnov et al. 1997 ( C. pleurostigma and C. assimilis ), Telnov 2004 ( C. pleurostigma and C. assimilis ).

Examined material: 2 specimens: Daugavpils d.: Ilgas, Silene NPT, 18 June 1995 (1, leg. A. Barśevskis); Daugavpils d.: Ilgas, Silene NPT, 26 June 1997 (1, leg. A. Barśevskis) .

Host plants: Berteroa, Brassica, Bunias , Cakile, Capsella, Erysimum, Myagrum, Rorippa, Raphanus, Sinapis, Sisymbrium, Thlaspi (Cruciferae) .

Phenology: VII–VIII.

General distribution: Europe, Turkey, N Africa ( Algeria, Morocco), W and C Siberia, Central Asia ( Iran, Kazakhstan) [CEM]. Has been introduced to N America.

Note: Data about occurrence of this species is scarce.