Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus (Marsham, 1802)
cabbage stem weevil
mine
The larva essentially is a borer in the petiole or the stem; from the point of oviposition it eats itself the way down. But oviposition in the midrib may occur as well (even in the lamina) and under such circumstances the larva may make short, frass-free corridors from the midrib into the leaf.
host plants
Brassicaceae, Resedaceae, Tropaeolaceae; narrowly polyphagous
Alliaria petiolata; Brassica napus, oleracea, rapa; Cakile maritima; Conringia; Crambe; Erophila verna; Eruca; Hesperis matronalis; Hirschfeldia incana; Isatis tinctoria; Lunaria annua; Moricandia; Peltaria; Raphanus raphanistrum, sativus; Reseda; Rorippa palustris, sylvestris; Sinapis arvensis; Tropaeolum majus.
phenology
Larvae in April-June (Scherf, 1964a).
BENELUX
BE observed (Curculionidae.be, 2010a).
NE observed (Fauna Europaea, 2007; Heijerman, 1993a).
LUX observed (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
All of Europe, including the British Isles (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
larva
Scherf (1964a).
synonyms
Ceutorhynchus quadridens (Panzer, 1795).
references
Avgın & Colonnelli (2011a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Colonnelli (2016a), Colonnelli, Osella & Cornacchia (2011a), Compte (1981a), Delbol (2008a, 2013a), Dieckmann (1972a), Gültekin (2014a), Heijerman (1993a), Hoebeke & Griffin (2015a), Houard (1908a), Maček (1999a), Mifsud & Colonnelli (2010a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Robbins (1991a), Scherf (1964a), Vorst (2010a), Yunakov, Nazarenko, Filimonov & Volovnik (2018a).