Aphthona euphorbiae

Aphthona euphorbiae
Aphthona euphorbiae 1.5–2 mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Aphthona
Species:	A. euphorbiae
Binomial name
Aphthona euphorbiae (Schrank, 1781)

Aphthona euphorbiae is a root-feeding flea beetle. It is widely distributed throughout Europe, North Africa, the Caucasus, Near East, Asia Minor, the southern part of West and Mid Siberia and Kazakhstan. ^[1] In Latvia it has been reported as a pest of flax Linum . ^[2]

References

1. Bukejs, Andris (2009). "To the knowledge of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) of the Latvian fauna. 4. Genus Aphthona Chevrolat, 1836". Acta Zoologica Lituanica. 19 (3): 223–230. doi:10.2478/v10043-009-0030-7.
2. Palij, V. F. 1958. On the fauna and biocenology of Latvian flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Proceedings of the Institute of Biology of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences 5: 69–89. [Палий, В. Ф. 1958. О фауне и биоценологии земляных блошек Латвии (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Труды Института биологии Академии наук Латвийской ССР 5: 69–89.]