Leucophyes pedestris (Poda, 1761)

Family

Curculionidae

Subfamily

Lixinae

Tribe

Cleonini

Original Genus

Curculio

Distribution

Central Greece, Central Macedonia, East Macedonia and Thrace, Epirus, and Peloponnese

Literature Reference

First Description

• Poda N (1761) Insecta Musei Graecensis, quae in ordines, genera et species juxta Systema Naturae Car. Linnaei digessit. Graecii: Typis Haeredum Widmanstadii, [6] + 127 + [ll] + [l]pp, 2pls.

Findings

Central Greece

• 2 ex.: Iti Oros, Pyrghos Mts., 2000m, 38.48 / 22.15, 30.5.2001, leg. W. Marggi. det. & coll. C. Germann
• 1 ex.: Mt. Oxya, >1800m, SE Karpenisi, 38.7840N, 21.9458E, 1.6.2016, leg. & coll. P.Z. Białooki, det. Wartmann

Central Macedonia

• 2 ex.: Imathia, Seli above, 1600 m, 02.05.1994, leg. Bense, det. Behne, coll. Museum Stuttgart

East Macedonia and Thrace

• 15 ex.: Volakas env., 840-960 m, 41°18'17''N 24°00'41''E, 22.05.-03.06.2016, leg. det. coll. Bahr.
• 2 ex.: Volakas, Wiese, 877m, 41° 18' 45'' N, 24° 00' 22'' E, 29.5.2016, leg. Link, det. Meregalli, coll. Link

Epirus

• 2 ex.: Grammos mts., >2100m, N Aetomilitsa, 40.3409N, 20.8365E, 27.5.2013, leg. & coll. P.Z. Białooki, det. Wartmann
• 4 ex.: Trikala, Notia Pindos Mts., Katara Pass, 1700m, 1.6.1995, leg. H. Wilberg, det. coll. Winkelmann

Peloponnese

• 1 ex.: Panachaiko Mts., E Patras, ca. 1400m, 25.5.2009, leg. & coll. P. Bialooki, det. C. Germann

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