Birch Leaf Roller - Deporaus betulae

This is a black weevil with punctate elytra and is about 5 mm long. The males have swollen femora on the rear legs but not the females.

Found on Birch.

Spring and summer.

The females cut most of the way through a leaf, producing an inverted cone, in which an egg is laid.

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 21 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.