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Orchestes quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] Curculio quercus Linnaeus, 1758 Curculio alni Herbst, 1795 Curculio depressus Marsham, 1802 Curculio monedula Herbst, 1795 Curculio multidentatus Gmelin, 1790 Curculio saltatorulmi De Geer, 1775 Curculio setosus Müller, 1776 Curculio ulmi Goeze, 1777 Curculio viminalis Fabricius, 1775 Rhynchaenus quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) Orchestes quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leaf-mine: gallery running from the mid-rib and developing into a full depth blotch at or towards the tip of the leaf (British leafminers). Larva: The larva is illustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders. Pupa: Inside the mine, in a spherical cocoon (British leafminers). Hosts in Britain: Fagaceae       Quercus     British leafminers Quercus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Fagaceae       Quercus petraea Sessile Oak Nederlandse bladmineerders Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Univoltine: early Summer (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Widespread including Bedford, Cambridge, Derby, East Sussex, East Sutherland, Easterness, Hereford, Mid-west York, North Ebudes, Northampton, Notts, South Hants, Stafford, West Suffolk and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map, as Rhynchaenus quercus - BBC, BRERC, GiGL, HBRG, NE and SER) and Northern Ireland (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Corsica, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in the Near East (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Cirrospilus diallus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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