Rhamphus (Rhamphus) subaeneus (Illiger, 1807)
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]


Rhamphus subaeneus (Illiger, 1807).


Leaf-mine: According to Hering (1957a) the mines are similar to those of Rhamphus oxyacanthae, but they occur in early summer. Moreover, the pupation in the mine would take place in a cocoon (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain: Unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Crataegus laevigata Midland Hawthorn Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: May-June (Hering, 1957).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Occurs in Britain (Mike Morris, pers. comm.).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including ? Corsica, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Poland, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Crataegus laevigata

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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