Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Phyllobrotica
- Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata
Common name
Skullcap Leaf Beetle
Images
Source: Roger Key
Description
Size: 5-7mm
Basic colour: Black and yellow
Pattern colour: Elytra yellow, each with two large black marks (sometimes the front ones are missing)
Number of spots: 4 (sometimes 2)
Pronotoum: Yellow
Leg colour: Yellow
Basic colour: Black and yellow
Pattern colour: Elytra yellow, each with two large black marks (sometimes the front ones are missing)
Number of spots: 4 (sometimes 2)
Pronotoum: Yellow
Leg colour: Yellow
Western Palaearctic (mainly northern and central Europe, Caucasus, Siberia & Kazakhstan)
Biology
Status: Widespread but not common
Habitat: Various damp, mainly open, habitats
Host plant: Skullcaps Scutellaria spp.
Overwintering: Usually as eggs and prepupae, rarely as adults.
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae probably at roots
Habitat: Various damp, mainly open, habitats
Host plant: Skullcaps Scutellaria spp.
Overwintering: Usually as eggs and prepupae, rarely as adults.
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae probably at roots