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Longitarsus ballotae

Taxonomy

  • Polyphaga
  • Chrysomeloidea
  • Chrysomelidae
  • Longitarsus
  • Longitarsus ballotae

Description

Size: 1.6-2.2mm
Basic colour: Dull yellowish
Pattern colour: Head reddish-brown, maybe dark, sometimes pitchy and almost black
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Pale yellowish to reddish or brownish

Palaearctic (excluding Scandinavia)

Biology

Status: Widely scattered in southern England & Wales. Scarce (Notable B)
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Various Lamiaceae
Overwintering: Adults hibernate, probably under bark
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae probably at roots
Other notes: Short-oval in form.

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Longitarsus atricillus

Taxonomy

  • Polyphaga
  • Chrysomeloidea
  • Chrysomelidae
  • Longitarsus
  • Longitarsus atricillus

Description

Size: 2-2.5mm
Basic colour: Yellowish to reddish or brownish
Pattern colour: None, though elytral suture usually darkened
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour but with weak metallic sheen (also seen on the head)
Leg colour: As basic colour, hind femora darkened

Western Palaearctic

Biology

Status: Widespread and common. though it may have declined in some western parts e.g. SW Scotland.
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Various across several plant families
Overwintering: Adults hibernate in moss
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae at roots
Other notes: Adults parasitised by an unidentified nematode.

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Longitarsus agilis

Size
2.5-3mm
Basic colour
Pale yellow-brown
Pattern colour
Usually none but sometimes elytral suture partly narrowly reddened (especially towards the rear), sometimes with a variably sized bold black stripe; elytra sometimes weakly darkened with weakly linear marks near the front and sides.
Leg colour
As basic colour with hind femora black, sometimes brown.

Longitarsus aeneicollis

Taxonomy

  • Polyphaga
  • Chrysomeloidea
  • Chrysomelidae
  • Longitarsus
  • Longitarsus aeneicollis

Description

Size: 1.8-2mm
Basic colour: Dusky yellowish to reddish, basal third of elytra usually faintly darkened.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: Black
Leg colour: As basic colour, apical half of hind femora darkened.
Confusion species: Longitarsus nasturtii

Palaearctic

Biology

Status: Scattered, mostly in England. Scarce (Notable B) and appears to have declined.
Habitat: Woodland; possibly also dry, open habitats and quarries.
Host plant: Various Boraginaceae, mulleins (Verbascum spp); also some Asteraceae and possibly other plants.
Overwintering: As adults and possibly immature stages.
Food: Adults on host leaves, larvae at roots of Boraginaceae

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Longitarsus anchusae

Taxonomy

  • Polyphaga
  • Chrysomeloidea
  • Chrysomelidae
  • Longitarsus
  • Longitarsus anchusae

Description

Size: 1.5-2.4mm
Basic colour: Shiny black
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour
Confusion species: Longitarsus luridus

Western Palaearctic

Biology

Status: Widely scattered in England, small numbers of old records from Scotland and Ireland, none from Wales. Scarce (Notable B); appears to have contracted from a range that extended further north (including Cumbria and Scotland).
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Various Boraginaceae
Overwintering: Probably as adults
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae at roots
Other notes: Similar to the dark form of L. luridus

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Longitarsus agilis

Taxonomy

  • Polyphaga
  • Chrysomeloidea
  • Chrysomelidae
  • Longitarsus
  • Longitarsus agilis

Description

Size: 2.5-3mm
Basic colour: Pale yellow-brown
Pattern colour: Usually none but sometimes elytral suture partly narrowly reddened (especially towards the rear), sometimes with a variably sized bold black stripe; elytra sometimes weakly darkened with weakly linear marks near the front and sides.
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Sometimes
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour with hind femora black, sometimes brown.
Confusion species: Longitarsus rutilus

SW Palaearctic

Biology

Status: Scarce (Notable A); all records from England south of the Wash
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Figworts Scrophularia spp., sometimes on mulleins Verbascum spp.
Overwintering: As adults and possibly larvae
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae at roots.

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