Orchestes rusci (Herbst, 1795)
A tiny weevil of just over 2mm in length. It is found on Birch, with the larva mining the leaves from late Spring. This adult was found by beating the lower branches of a mature Birch on Sherwood Heath in early May 2009.
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Orchestes rusci leafmine, photographed at Cuckney Hay Wood October 2012.
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Orchestes rusci
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. M L Denton (2002 Sherwood Forest Coleoptera survey). Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register 2006. Adrian Fowles (Nottinghamshire data extracted from the National Recording Scheme for Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Natural England - Birklands and Bilhaugh SSSI & Birklands West and Ollerton Corner SSSI, Nottinghamshire Saproxylic invertebrate survey, Natural England Field Unit, April-October 2018. Clumber Park SSSI Saproxylic Invertebrate Survey - A report to Natural England by EMEC Ecology 2019.

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Updated January 2022

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