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
Fagus sylvatica depends on the location: in forest areas, "F. sylvatica" grows to over , with branches being high up on the trunk. In open locations, it will become much shorter (typically ) and more massive. The leaves are alternate, simple, and entire or with a slightly crenate margin, 5–10 cm long and 3–7 cm broad, with 6–7 veins on each side of the leaf (7–10 veins in "Fagus orientalis"). When crenate, there is one point at each vein tip, never any points between the veins. The buds are long and slender, long and thick, but thicker (to ) where the buds