Orchestes pilosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Curculioninae
Genus: Orchestes
Species:
O. pilosus
Binomial name
Orchestes pilosus
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms[1][2]
List
    • Curculio pilosus Fabricius, 1781
    • Curculio ilicis Fabricius, 1787
    • Curculio saltatorsegetis De Geer, 1775
    • Rhynchaenus pilosus (Fabricius, 1781)
    • Orchestes pilosus (Fabricius, 1781)

Orchestes pilosus is a beetle of the family Curculionidae found in Europe. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781. The larvae are leaf miners on oak (Quercus species).

The mines are at the edge of a leaf, between two lobes and are found from April to June on the following species; Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), holm oak (Quercus ilex), sessile oak (Quercus petraea), downy oak (Quercus pubescens) and pedunculate oak (Quercus robur). The mines of Dyseriocrania subpurpurella are similar but when mature are much larger and not as dark, because the frass in O. pilosus mines stick to the inner surface of the mine.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Orchestes (Orchestes) pilosus (Fabricius, 1781)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 Pitkin, Brian. "Orchestes pilosus (Fabricius, 1781) [Coleoptera : Curculionidae]". UKflymines. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Edmunds, Rob. "Orchestes pilosus (Fabricius, 1781)". British leafminers. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Edmunds, Rob. "2.001 Dyseriocrania subpurpurella (Haworth, 1828)". British leafminers. Retrieved 31 January 2022.


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