Ceutorhynchus minutus (Reich, 1797)
on Brassicaceae etc.

Alliaria petiolata, Nieuwendam

detail of the same leaf
Allaria petiolata, Zeewolde, Harderbos © Hans Jonkman

Raphanus sativus, Amsterdam
mine
Rather small, untidy, full depth, often branched corridor, often close to the leaf margin. Sides irregularly eaten out. Frass in a greyish-green central line that is interrupted from time to time, sometimes partly in strings. In times of rain the frass may run out and appear greenish. Usually several mines in a leaf.
host plants
Brassicaceae, Capparidaceae, Resedaceae, Tropaeolaceae; narrowly polyphagous
Aethionema grandiflorum; Alliaria petiolata; Alyssum alyssoides, montanum; Anastatica hierochuntia; Arabidopsis arenosa, halleri, thaliana; Arabis alpina & subsp. caucasica, glabra, hirsuta, procurrens, serpyllifolia; Armoracia rusticana; Aubrieta libanotica, olympica; Aurinia saxatilis; Barbarea stricta, vulgaris; Berteroa incana; Biscutella didyma, laevigata; Brassica napus, nigra, oleracea, rapa; Braya; Bunias orientalis; Cakile maritima; Calepina; Camelina sativa; Capparis spinosa; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Cardamine amara, bellidifolia, chenopodiifolia, enneaphyllos, hirsuta, impatiens, kitaibelii, pratensis; Cardaria draba; Chorispora tenella; Cleome dodecandra, spinosa; Cleoserrata speciosa; Cochlearia officinalis; Conringia orientalis; Coronopus; Crambe cordifolia, koktebelica, maritima; Descurainia sophia; Diplotaxis muralis, tenuifolia; Draba fladnizensis, gilliesii, incana, rigida, siliquosa; Erophila verna; Eruca; Erucastrum gallicum; Erysimum cheiranthoides, cheiri, crepidifolium, odoratum, perofskianum, sylvestre; Euclidium; Fibigia; Heliophila amplexicaulis; Hesperis matronalis; Hirschfeldia incana; Hymenolobus; Iberis amara, “imperialis”, odorata, pinnata, semperflorens, sempervirens; Isatis tinctoria; Lepidium campestre, cartilagineum, perfoliatum, ruderale; Lobularia; Lunaria annua, odorata; Malcolmia africana, maritima; Matthiola incana, odoratissima; Moricandia; Myagrum perfoliatum; Nasturtium officinale; Neslia paniculata; Noccaea perfoliata; Peltaria; Pritzelago alpina; Raphanus raphanistrum, sativus; Reseda lutea, luteola, odorata, phyteuma; Rorippa amphibia; Sinapis alba, arvensis; Sisymbrium altissimum, officinale; Teesdalia nudicaulis; Thlaspi arvense, perfoliatum; Tropaeolum.
phenology
Larvae in May-July (Scherf, 1964a).
BENELUX
BE observed Curculionidae.be, 2010a).
NE observed (Fauna Europaea, 2007; Heijerman, 1993a).
LUX not observed (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
All over Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
larva
synonyms
Ceutorhynchus contractus (Marsham, 1802); according to Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a) this is a “nomen conservandum”.
notes
Common species, mainly to be found in the lower leaves that already are starting to wilt, near the leaf margin. Sometimes a pest species in seedlings (Buhr, 1964a). Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a) cite the species as a causer of galls at the root collar of Cardamine hirsuta; this certainly is erroneous.
references
Ahr (1966a), Avgın & Colonnelli (2011a), Amsel & Hering (1931a), Behne (1987a), Beiger (1965a, 1970a, 1979a), Buhr (1933a, 1964a), Colonnelli, Osella & Cornacchia (2011a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Delbol (2008a), Dieckmann (1971a, 1972a), Dieckmann & Herger (1985a), Drăghia (1970a), Gültekin (2014a), Günthart (1949a), Hartig (1939a), Heijerman (1993a), Hering (1921a, 1923a, 1924a, 1930a, 1957a), Houard (1908a), Huber (1969a), Lechapt (2015a), Maček (1999a), Michalska (1970a), Nowakowski (1954a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Robbins (1991a), Scherf (1964a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Starý (1930a), Vorst (2010a), Yunakov, Nazarenko, Filimonov & Volovnik (2018a).