Bagous alismatis (Marsham, 1802)
mine
The mine starts with a broad corridor, someplace on the leaf. Later a broad blotch, not determined by heavy veins. The mine is full depth and very transparant. The colour in the end is reddish-brown, making mined plants very conspicuous, even from a distance. Frass irregular. Often several larvae in a mine. The larvae are able to leave their mine and restart elsewhere, either on the same or on another leaf. Pupa in a pupal chamber in the midrib or petiole.
host plants
Alismataceae, oligophagous
Alisma lanceolatum, plantago-aquatica; Luronium natans; Sagittaria sagittifolia.
phenology
Larvae in June-July (Scherf, 1964a).
BENELUX
BE recorded Curculionidae.be, 2010).
NE recorded (Heijerman, 1993a).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
All of Europe, including the British Isles, but excluding the Iberian and Balkan Peninsula.
larva & pupa
Scherf (1964a), Urban (1926a), Gosik (2008a).
synonyms
Hydronomus alismatis.
references
Buhr (1933a, 1964a), Delbol (2013a), Dieckman (1983a), Drăghia (1974a), Gosik (2008a), Heijerman (1993a), Hering (1925a. 1930a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Michalska (1970a, 1976a), Nowakowski (1954a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Robbins (1991a), Scherf (1964a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Stejskal (2004a), Turner (2011a), Urban (1926a), Vorst (2010a), Yunakov, Nazarenko, Filimonov & Volovnik (2018a).