Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824)

Family

Dryophthoridae

Subfamily

Rhynchophorinae

Tribe

Sphenophorini

Original Genus

Sphenophorus

Distribution

Crete, North Aegean, and South Aegean

Literature Reference

• Gastouniotis, G., Kakiopoulos, G. (2025) The rapid expansion of Sphenophorus venatus in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean, and notes on the west palearctic Sphenophorus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 68(1): 87–96.

Findings

Crete

• Kissamos, 2.X.2022 (Flore Marie Kaizer) (https://www.inaturalist.org)
• Koutouloufari, 9.VI.2023 (Jyrki Sahinoja)(https://www.inaturalist.org/)
• Limenas Chersonisou, 2.VII.2019 (https://www.inaturalist.org/)

North Aegean

• Kameiros, 27.IV.2022 (Gintautas Steiblys) (https://www.inaturalist.org/)
• Lesbos, Pyrgoi Thermis, 25.IV.2020 (Savvas Zafeiriou)(https://www.inaturalist.org)

South Aegean

• Ammoudes, 29.VIII.2021 (Sven Wyns) (https://www.inaturalist.org/)