Rhamphus subaeneus Illiger, 1807

on Crataegus, etc.

mine

According to Hering (1957a) the mines are similar to those of Rhamphus oxyacanthae, but they occur in early summer. Moreover, the pupation in the mine would take place in a cocoon.

host plants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Crataegus
azarolis, laevigata, ? macrocarpa, monogyna; Prunus spinosa; Pyrus communis, spinosa.

phenology

Mines in May-June (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE observed (Curculionidae.be, 2010).

NE observed (Heijerman, 1993a).

LUX not observed (Fauna Europaea, 2007a).

distribution within Europe

From Sweden to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy and from France to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

notes

species of warm situations (Rheinheimer & Hassler, 2010a).

references

Caillol (1954a), Compte (1981a), Heijerman (1993a), Hering (1921a, 1930a, 1957a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Scherf (1964a), Stüben (2017a), Tempère (1982a), Vorst (2010a).