Species Account for Curculio villosus
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Curculio villosus (Fabricius, 1781)
Coleoptera: Curculionidae
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data
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Status: Nb
Essex RDB: Listed
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Essex Post-1969 record/s; VC18 1970-on record/s; VC19 pre-1970 record/s.
Species text
This large 'nut' weevil is widespread but local in England, parts of Wales and southern Scotland. It is usually found in broad-leaved woodland. It is phytophagous, associated with oak. The larvae develop as inquilines in 'oak-apple' galls induced by Biorhiza pallida (Hymenoptera), and very occasionally as inquilines of bedeguar galls on rose, induced by Diplolepis rosae (Hymenoptera). References
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