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Tachyerges salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] Curculio salicis Linnaeus, 1758 Curculio bifasciatus Fabricius, 1777 Curculio capreae Fabricius, 1781 Curculio saltatorsalicis De Geer, 1775 Curculio scrutator Herbst, 1795 Orchestes subhirtus Horn, 1873 Tachyerges salicis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leaf-mine: A large, full depth transparant light brown blotch that expands irrespective of the leaf venation. Mine mostly in the distal half of the leaf, may eventually occupy half of its surface. The mine often tears in, and the leaf tip is disfigured (Nederlandse bladmineerders). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: The larva eventually pupates in a globular cocoon within the mine (Nederlandse bladmineerders). Hosts in Britain: Salicaceae       Salix     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Salicaceae       Populus nigra Black-poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders Populus tremula Aspen Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix caprea Goat Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix cinerea Grey Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix fragilis Crack-willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix viminalis Osier Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Late spring and late summer (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Widespread including Cumberland, Derby, Dorset, East Kent, Hunts, North Devon, North Lincoln, North Somerset, Northampton, Salop, South Wilts, South-east York, Stafford, Surrey, Warwick, West Cornwall, West Gloucester, West Kent, West Norfolk, West Sussex and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - 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 Europw including Bulgaria, ? Corsica, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia Central, East, Northwest and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in the East Palaearctic and Nearctic region (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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Last updated 01-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin