Donus bucovinensis (Penecke) Hypera bucovinensis Penecke, 1928 Records. ČER IFR KHM LWI TER VIN [Penecke 1928: 361; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Nazarenko 2000c: 165; Nazarenko 2010a: 703; 2014a: 347]. Distribution. SE Europe (Skuhrovec 2013) Material examined. Chernivtsi Prov.: 2 syntypes (SMTD) near Chernivtsi, Zhuchka, K.A. Penecke leg., 26.vi.1928; Ternopil Prov.: 4 spec. (SIZK) Husiatyn Distr., Medobory State Nature Reserve, near Vikno, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 29.vi.1996; 1 spec. mature larva, (SIZK) Gusyatin Distr., Mt. Gostra, on Centaurea scabiosa, 49°21´22.7˝ N, 26°04´25.7˝ E, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 26.vi.2007. Biology. Meadows, shrublands in mountains and hills. Adults occur in V–VI, mating in IX–XI. On Centaurea spinulosa (Penecke 1928), C. scabiosa, C. pseudocoriacea. In vitro feeds on C. jacea and other Centaurea species (Asteraceae) (Nazarenko 2000).

Published as part of Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), pp. 1-494 in Zootaxa 4404 (1) on page 347, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3766751