Longitarsus suturellus

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Longitarsus suturellus
Longitarsus suturellus, Minera, North Wales, May 2019.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Longitarsus
Species:
L. suturellus
Binomial name
Longitarsus suturellus
Duftschmid, 1825
Synonyms
  • Thyamis thoraricaAllard, 1860 [1]

Longitarsus suturellus is a species of beetle in the subfamily Galerucinae. It is distributed in the Palearctic realm from the Pyrenees to Japan. Adult beetles and larvae feed on the leaves of sage ( Senecio ) (Asteraceae). [2]

Forms and varieties

References

  1. Blagoĭ Gruev, Manfred Döberl (2005). General distribution of the flea beetles in the Palaearctic subregion (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae:Alticinae) (PDF). Pensoft. p. 107. ISBN   9789546422316.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK) Archived August 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine