Rhamphus subaeneus [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects

The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

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

Rhamphus subaeneus (Illiger, 1807).

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

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

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae
Crataegus	laevigata	Midland Hawthorn		Bladmineerders van Europa

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

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

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

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

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Crataegus laevigata

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.


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	Last updated 08-Jul-2019 Brian Pitkin