Byctiscus populi (Linnaeus, 1758) Male
Family: Rhynchitidae
Size: 5.0 mm (4.0 to 5.5 mm)
Distribution: From China via Siberia to Europe
Biology: Lives on deciduous trees and lays an egg in a coil of drying leaves that falls to the ground and serves as food for the larva
Location: Germany, Bavaria, Upper Franconia, Leuchau
leg.det. U.Schmidt, 23.IX.1972
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025

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