Sitona striatellus Gyllenhal, 1834

Balalaikins, Maksims, 2012, Latvian Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): 3. Tribe Sitonini Gistel, 1856, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 12 (1), pp. 6-23 : 17

Sitona striatellus Gyllenhal, 1834

= tibialis (H e r b s t, 1 7 9 5) n e c (Sparrman, 1785)

References: Fleischer 1829; Seidlitz 1872 -1875; Rathlef 1905; Milander and Varzinska 1979; Barševskis 1993, 1997, 2002; Telnov 2004; Telnov et al. 1997.

Examined material: not confirmed in this research.

Host plants: Genista , Lathyrus , Vicia ( Fabaceae ).

General distribution: Europe, Caucasus, N Africa, Siberia, Central Asia ( Kazakhstan), East Asia ( China, Mongolia, Russian Far East) [ PAL]. Has been introduced in N America.

Note: This species lives solely on Genista and Cytisus (M. Wanat pers. comm.) These plants in Latvia are rare neophytes, then previous records of S. striatellus maybe based on misidentification. Occurrence of this species in Latvia needs confirmation.