Some records of Hylastinus obscurus (Marsham) (Curculionidae) from Cumbria VC 70

摘要

Keith Alexander (2018) has recently published an interesting note on the ecology, plant host associations and distribution of the scolytid beetle Hylastinus obscurus (Marsham) which is currently rated Nationally Scarce in Britain. Over a period of 24 years I have encountered H. obscurus in West Cumbria (VC 70) on nine occasions, and a summary of my personal records, which are mainly from coastal sites, are as follows: South Head, St Bees NX950121, 9.vii.1991, fragments in humus beneath Ulex europaeus bushes on coastal cliff.