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Anoplus plantaris (Naezén, 1794) [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] Curculio plantaris Naezén, 1794 Curculio armeniacae Fabricius, 1792 Curculio brevis Marsham, 1802 Rhynchaenus plantaris (Naezén, 1794); Gyllenhal, 1813 Anoplus atratus Stephens, 1831 Anoplus nitidulus Stephens, 1831 Anoplus plantaris (Naezén, 1794); Dejean, 1821 Orchestes plantaris (Naezén, 1794); Zetterstedt, 1828

Leaf-mine: Long, full depth mine, starting at an oviposition scar, mostly in the distal part of the midrib; the scar may be swollen and gall-like. Frass line variable in width, sometimes quite broad. Usually the corridor loosely follows the leaf margin, and the part of the leaf that is cut off from the centre dies off. The larvae live in spring, when the leaf is unfolding; later in summer affected leaves are recognisable because the tip of the leaf and parts of the marginal teeth are missing, by remnants of the corridor and by a general disfiguring of the leaf. The larva leaves the mine before pupation (Nederlandse bladmineerders). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Betulaceae       Betula     Plant (pers. comm.) Hosts elsewhere: Betulaceae       Alnus glutinosa Alder Nederlandse bladmineerders Betula pendula Silver Birch Nederlandse bladmineerders Betula pubescens Downy Birch Nederlandse bladmineerders Salicaceae       ? Populus nigra Black-poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Widespread including East Ross, Easterness, Hunts, Kirkudbright, North Lincoln, South Devon, Stafford, Surrey, West Kent, West Ross, West Suffolk and West Sutherland (NBN Gateway distribution map - HBRG, NE and SNH). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Poland, Russia - Central, East, Northwest and South and Slovakia (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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