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Orchestes avellanae (Donovan, 1797) [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] Curculio avellanae Donovan, 1797 Curculio hortorum Fabricius, 1792 Curculio salicis Fabricius, 1775 Rynchaenus scapularis Beck, 1817 Orchestes signifer Creutzer, 1799 Orchestes x-album Stephens, 1831 Rynchaenus avellanae (Donovan, 1797) Orchestes avellanae (Donovan, 1797)

Leaf-mine: A gallery along the edge of the leaf leading to a circular blotch, from which a case is cut leaving a round hole (British leafminers, as O. signifer). Larva: The larva is illustrated in (British leafminers, as O. signifer) and Nederlandse bladmineerders. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Betulaceae       Corylus     British leafminers (as O. signifer) Corylus avellana Hazel Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Fagaceae       Quercus     British leafminers (as O. signifer) Hosts elsewhere: Fagaceae       Quercus     Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Univoltine: early summer (British leafminers, as Orchestes signifer). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Widespread including Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cumberland, Derby, Dorset, Dunbarton, East Cornwall, East Gloucester, East Kent, Hereford, Kirkudbright, Mid-west York, Middlesex, North Essex, North Somerset, Northampton, Notts, South Hants, South Wilts, Stafford, Stirling, Surrey, Warwick, West Gloucester, West Kent, West Norfolk, West Sussex and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map, as Rynchaenus avellanae - BRERC, GiGL, NE and SNH). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Bulgaria, ? Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - East and Northwest, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Switzerland Yugoslavia. Also recorded in the Near East (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Closterocerus trifasciatus Westwood, 1833 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Cirrospilus diallus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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