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Involvulus cupreus · slyvinis cigarsukis
- Rhynchites cupreus
- Kupferroter Pflaumenstecher
- luumuleikkuri
- slyvinis cigarsukis
- tutkarz śliwowiec
- oxelkäkvivel
The female lays 70-120 eggs. Each egg is deposited in a young fruit or in the juicy tip of a shoot. After oviposition the fruit stalk or the shoot at some distance from the egg is severed. The larva develops in the fallen rotting fruit of shoot tip, finally pupates in the soil; in case of fruits the seeds remain undamaged. The adult beetles feed in spring and autumn on young leaves. Univoltine, hibernation as imago in the soil. Oligophagous on Rosaceae-Amygdaloideae. Host plants: Crataegus, Malus, Prunus, Sorbus aria, Sorbus aucuparia.
Upper body has a distinct, purple-red gloss and with light hairs. Elytra evenly punctate along the entire length. Underside of body black.
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