Tachyerges pseudostigma (Tempère, 1982)
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]


Rhynchaenus pseudostigma Tempère, 1982.


Leaf-mine: Full depth corridor, beginning at the base of the midrib and very roughly following the leaf margin; all the while the corridor widens, until almost the entire leaf has been mined out. Frass, as coarse grains or thread fragments, in the centre of the mine. The larva pupates in the mine, in a globular cocoon made of secretion (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Betula     Pitkin & Plant
Corylus     Pitkin & Plant
Salicaceae      
Salix     Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Betulaceae      
Alnus     Bladmineerders van Europa
Betula     Bladmineerders van Europa
Corylus avellana Hazel Bladmineerders van Europa
Salicaceae     Bladmineerders van Europa
Populus nigra Black-poplar Bladmineerders van Europa
Salix alba White Willow Bladmineerders van Europa
Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia Rusty Willow

Bladmineerders van Europa, as Salix atrocinerea

Salix repens Creeping Willow Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Cumberland, East Kent, East Sussex, Monmouthshire, Shropshire and West Kent (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

NBN Grid map: Note that not all datasets on the NBN Gateway may be available on the map below. If you are an NBN Gateway registered user you can request access for missing datasets via the link 'Open interactive map in new window' below.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Danish mainland, French mainland, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Russia - Central, East, Northwest and South and Switzerland (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea).

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

Corylus avellana, Populus nigra, Salix alba, Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia, Salix repens

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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