Col:Curculionidae
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Orchestes alni (Linnaeus, 1758)
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a blotch mine at the leaf tip

 

Food Plant: Ulmus (Elm)

Mine: Early Summer

Pupa: In a spherical cocoon inside the leaf

Notes: A blotch is formed at the leaf tip from an initial corridor, which runs from the midrib (Formerly called Rhynchaenus alni)

Data: herbarium specimen, coll.Rob Edmunds

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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