Altica lythri

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Altica
Species:
A. lythri
Binomial name
Altica lythri
Aubé, 1843

Altica lythri is a species of flea beetle from the leaf beetle family, that is common in Asia, Europe, and North Africa, including Israel. [1] The beetles size is 5 mm (0.20 in), and their colour is blue with black and green. [2] They present an ovipositor during oviposition. [3] The species is distributed in European countries such as Finland and Ukraine, to the Asian countries of Azerbaijan, Dagestan, and Turkey. [4] The species hibernate in winter, and come aground during summer months, when they are hungry. They feed on leaves of willowherb, water primroses [5] and sallows. [6] The species could become victims of such predators as Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, and adults of Pentatomidae, especially Zicrona caerulea . [7]

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References

  1. Distribution
  2. Colour
  3. W. M. Phillips (1978). "Sensilla types from the ovipositor of the flea beetle Altica lythri (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata . 24 (3): 599–600. Bibcode:1978EEApp..24..599P. doi: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1978.tb02822.x .
  4. "Distribution by country". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  5. Anonymous (2011). "Ludwigia grandiflora and L. peploides Onagraceae - Water primroses". EPPO Bulletin. 41 (3): 414–418. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2011.02511.x .
  6. Ecology
  7. Predators

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