Malvapion malvae (Fabricius, 1775)

Ghahari, Hassan & Colonnelli, Enzo, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Iranian Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4759 (2), pp. 151-178 : 162

Malvapion malvae (Fabricius, 1775)

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan ( Hoffmann 1968; Modarres Awal 2012, both as Apion malvae ; Legalov et al. 2010), Northern Khorasan ( Hoseini & Dousti 2015), Razavi Khorasan (Moderres Awal & Hossein Pour 2010; Legalov et al. 2010; Zare Khormizi et al. 2016), Tehran ( Borumand 1998 as Apion (Malvapion) malvae ; Legalov et al. 2010), West Azarbaijan ( Borumand 1998; Modarres Awal 2012, both as A. (Malvapion) malvae ).

General distribution. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.

Plant associations in Iran. Pinus mugo L. ( Pinaceae ) ( Zare Khormizi et al. 2016); collecting on this plant is surely due to the migrating habits of several Apioninae .