Anoplus roboris Suffrian, 1840

mine

Oviposition in the underside of the midrib or a thick lateral vein; the oviposition site develops into a large scar. The larva makes a corridor that runs towards the leaf margin. The ultimate part of the mine is a corridor in the leaf tip, with frass in a narrow black central line. Later the leaf often tears in over the mine.

Before pupation the larva vacates the mine by making a very small exit slit (Hering, 1957a).

host plants

Betulaceae, monophagous

Alnus glutinosa, incana.

BENELUX

BE recorded (Curculionidae.be, 2010).

NE recorded (Heijerman, 1993a).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

From the UK to Italy and from Poland to France; also Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2007)

references

Ahr (1966a), Beiger (1979a), Buhr (1933a), Buszko (1992b), Heijerman (1993a), Hering (1930a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Robbins (1991a), Scherf (1964a), Skala (1936a), Sønderup (1949a), Vorst (2010a).