Thelaxes dryophila
The wingless stages of Thelaxes sp. are small (1-2.3 mm) oval and brown or greenish, sometimes with a paler stripe along the back. Their rostrum is distinctive in having a long and almost needle-like last rostral segment. The cauda is knobbed and the siphunculi are very short and virtually pore-like.
There are three European Thelaxes species which feed on the young shoots, leaves and young acorns of various Oak species (Quercus).
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On Oak species (Quercus).
Uncommon or rarely recorded.
Rarely recorded.
Mike Higgott
Anstey, Link Road Playing Fields 5
15 May 2023
Mike Higgott
Anstey, Link Road Playing Fields 5
15 May 2023
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- 15/05/2023 (Higgott, Mike)
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- 15/05/2023 (Higgott, Mike)
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