Apoderus coryli length of about . This species is rather similar to the oak roller weevil ("Attelabus nitens") and "Apoderus erythropterus", that shows a black pronotum. All three species produce leaf wraps into which the eggs are laid. Adults can be found between May and September. They feed on leaves of the host plant, the hazel ("Corylus avellana"), hence the Latin name "coryli" of the species, meaning hazelnut. Only in exceptional cases other deciduous trees, such as alder ("Alnus" species), birch ("Betula" species), common hornbeam ("Carpinus betulus") , common beech ("Fagus sylvatica") and hop-hornbeam ("Ostrya carpinifolia") are used as host plants. After
Carex sylvatica York and North Carolina, and to New Zealand, where it was first recorded in 1969. In its native range, "C. sylvatica" lives in deciduous woodlands on heavy soils; it is sometimes found in unwooded areas, but usually only as a relic of ancient woodland. In North America, it is generally found in disturbed areas within deciduous woodland. "Carex sylvatica" was first described by the English botanist William Hudson in his 1762 work "Flora Anglica". Hybrids have been reported between "C. sylvatica" and "C. strigosa" (in France) and between "C. sylvatica" and "C. hirta" (in Austria). Its English common name is