Publication Type: | Journal Article |
: | 2011 |
Authors: | M. Balalaikins, Bukejs A. |
Journal: | Acta Zoologica Lituanica |
Volume: | 21 |
Pagination: | 263-267 |
Date Published: | 2011 |
: | 1392-1657; 1648-6919 |
: | Otiorhynchus smreczynskii |
: | Information on the distribution and bionomy of Otiorhynchus smreczynskii Cmoluch, 1968 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Eastern Baltic region is presented. This weevil species is reported from Lithuania and Estonia for the first time. A large population of the species was discovered in Daugavpils (Latvia), where it was observed on Syringa vulgaris, S. villosa, Ligustrum vulgare, Ribes alpinum, Spiraea chamaedrifolia, Cydonia oblonga and Aronia melanocarpa. Pictures of O. smreczynskii aedeagus are presented for the first time. Illustrations of typical leaf-edge-cuts made by this weevil are given. |