Sitona lineellus (Bonsdorff, 1785)

Balalaikins, Maksims, 2012, Latvian Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): 3. Tribe Sitonini Gistel, 1856, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 12 (1), pp. 6-23 : 15-16

Sitona lineellus (Bonsdorff, 1785)

= decipiens Lindberg, 1933

References: Rathlef 1905; Brammanis 1930; Barševskis 1997; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: 13 specimens: Daugavpils d.: Butišķi , 29 June 2010 (1, River Daugava valley, leg. A. Bukejs and M. Balalaikins), Daugavpils, 18 June 2010 (1, bank of Lake Šūņu, leg. M. Balalaikins), Ilgas, Silene NPT, 26 June 1997 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), Naujene , 15 May 1993 (1, leg. A. Barševskis); Jēkabpils d.: Dunava , June 2002 (1, leg. A. Barševskis); Rīga d.: Vecdaugava, 31 May 1974 (2 ex.), 18 June 1974 (2 ex.), 1 July 1974 (1 ex.); Talsi d.: Kaļķi , 1 June 1973 (2, meadow, leg. M. Šternbergs); Ventspils d.: Zlēkas, (1 ex.) .

Host plants: Astragalus , Lathyrus , Medicago , Spartium, Trifolium , Vicia ( Fabaceae ).

Phenology: V-VII.

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

Note: An infrequent species in Latvia.