Birch Leaf Roller - Deporaus betulae
Description
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.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Found on Birch.
When to see it
Spring and summer.
Life History
The females cut most of the way through a leaf, producing an inverted cone, in which an egg is laid.
UK Status
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 21 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015