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Orchestes fagi (Linnaeus, 1758)
[Coleoptera : Curculionidae]

Curculio fagi Linnaeus, 1758
Curculio calcar Fabricius, 1787
Curculio fragariae Fabricius, 1792
Rhynchaenus luteicornis Chevrolat, 1871
Curculio rhododactylus Marsham, 1802
Curculio rhodopus Marsham, 1802
Curculio subater Müller, 1776
Rhynchaenus fagi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orchestes fagi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leaf-miner: The mine starts as a corridor at the midrib and ends in a blotch (British leafminers, as Salius fagi). The mine is also illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.

Larva: The larvae of beetles have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles and lack abdominal legs (see examples).

The larva is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.

Orchestes fagi larva, dorsal Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Pupa: The pupae of beetles have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Hosts elsewhere:

Fagaceae
Fagus	sylvatica	Beech		Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: Univoltine: early summer (British leafminers, as Salius fagi).

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Widespread including Anglesey, Ayrshire, Bedfordhsire, Berkshire, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Caithness, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Dumfriseshire, East Gloucestershire, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Perthshire, East Ross, East Suffolk, East Sussex, East Sutherland, Easterness, Edinburgh, Elgin, Fife, Flintshire, Glamgorgan, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Man, Kincardineshire, Leicestershire, Linlithgow, Main Arygyll, Merionethshire, Mid Ebudes, Mid Perthshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, North Aberdeenshire, North Ebudes, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Lincolnshire, North Somerset, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxforshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South Devon, South Hampshire, South Lancashire, South Somerset, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Stirlingshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Ross, West Suffolk, West Sussex, West Sutherland, Westerness, Westmorland, Wigtownshire, and Worcestershire (NBN Atlas).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (NBDC interactive map, Fauna Europaea) and in Ireland (InvertebrateIreland Online).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Bulgaria, Corsica, French mainland, Germany, Gibraltar, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Sweden and Yugoslavia (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Parasitoids:

Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers, as Salius fagi
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist