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Rhamphus oxyacanthae (Marsham, 1802) [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] Curculio oxyacanthae Marsham, 1802 Rhamphus oxyacanthae (Marsham, 1802)

Leaf-mine: A small, roundish, upper surface blotch (British leafminers). Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Pupa: Outside the mine (British leafminers). Hosts in Britain: Rosaceae       Crataegus     British leafminers Crataegus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Rosaceae       Crataegus     Nederlandse bladmineerders Chaenomeles     Nederlandse bladmineerders Cotoneaster     Nederlandse bladmineerders Cydonia oblonga Quince Nederlandse bladmineerders Malus sylvestris Crab Apple Nederlandse bladmineerders Mespilus germanica Medlar Nederlandse bladmineerders Prunus insititia   Nederlandse bladmineerders Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Nederlandse bladmineerders Pyrus communis Pear Nederlandse bladmineerders Sorbus     Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Univoltine: Autumn. Overwinters full grown in the mine (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Widespread including Bedford, Derby, Dorset, East Gloucester, East Kent, East Sussex, Mid-west York, North-east York, South Hants, South Lincoln, South-west York, Surrey, West Gloucester and West Suffolk (NBN Gateway distribution map - GiGL and NE). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Bulgaria, Corsica, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Moldova, Poland, Russia - Central, East, Northwest and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Sweden and Yugoslavia (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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