Barynotus obscurus (Fabricius) Curculio obscurus Fabricius, 1775 Records. ČER KHM KYI LWI TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT* [Cherkunov 1889: 187; Kubisz et al. 1998: 268; Mazur 2002: 224]. Distribution. Boreal and nemoral zones of Europe; introduced to Canada (Brown 1950) Material examined. Kyiv Prov.: 1f (SIZK) Kyiv, under Aegopodium podagraria, Anemone sp. and Ranunculus repens, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 28.iv.2017; Volyn Prov.:1f (KUMN) Volyn, Besser leg., 1827; Zhytomyr Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 14.v.1920 Biology. Grasslands in scattered mixed forests. The species is represented in Ukraine by parthenogenetic populations only; bisexual population is known from France (Hoffmann, 1954). Imago nocturnal, occur in VI–VII. Polyphagous on herbs (Rosaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Violaceae, Primulaceae), occasionally on various crops.

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 pages 269-270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3766751