Status: Scattered in south and SE England.
Habitat: Mixed vegetation in a variety of habitats.
Host plant: Minaly on red clover Trifolium pratense and zigzag clover T. medium; also gorse Ulex europaeus and sea club-rush Bolboschoenus maritimus; possibly other species.
Overwintering: Asjuvenile developing in host seeds; adults emerge in July/August. Adults also hibernate, re-emerging from late April.
Food: Seeds (larvae) and pollen (adults) of host plants.
Other notes: In France and Italy, parasitised by various Hymenoptera: Eupelmus atropurpureus (Eupelmidae), Triaspis hilaris (Braconidae), Trichomalus campestris (Pteromalidae) and Systole albipennis (Eurytomidae).

Status: Locally common in the British Isles. Widespread in the western Palaearctic
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Ribworts (Plantago lanceolata & P. coronopus) and various Lamiaceae & Scrophulariaceae, plus crosswort (Cruciata laevipes) and hazels (Corylus). Larvae on many of these, plus Aster spp, Cirsium spp and Primula spp.
Overwintering: Adults in moss and leaf litter.
Food: Leaves of host plants.
Other notes: One known larval parasitoid (Bracon sp., a braconid wasp). Pupates in an earthen cell. Separated from other Apteropeda by having antennal segments 4 & 5 more-or-less the same length.

Status: Scarce (Notable B)
Habitat: Calcareous soils e.g. riverbanks, woodland edges and rides, commons and downland.
Host plant: Various Lamiaceae; also speedwells (Veronica spp.)
Overwintering: As adults but location unknown.
Food: Leaves of host plants
Other notes: A. splendida similar (with antennal segment 5 longer than 4) but no metallic reflection.

Status: Widespread in southern England, isolated records in Wales
Habitat: Marsh, woodland, parkland, downland, meadows, hedgerows, chalk cliffs
Host plant: Various Rosaceae, especially brambles (Rubus spp.)
Overwintering: Adults in moss, soil and grass tussocks.
Food: Brambles leaves (adults) and probably roots (larvae)
Other notes: SW Palaearctic. More elongate than B. rubi, and with a more quadrate (less widened) pronotum.

Status: Last UK record from Ashdown Forest, Sussex in 1931. Found in the Burren, Ireland in 1987 (Mendel 1994).
RDB Category: Endangered (RDB1)
Habitat: Wetlands, woodlands, grasslands, sand dunes.
Host plant: Bugle (Ajuga reptans), speedwells (Veronica spp), plantains (Plantago spp.). Larvae also mine leaves of ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) as well as the adult hosts.
Overwintering: Adults in moss
Food: Leaves of host plants.
Other notes: Similar to A. globosa but lacks metallic reflection. First Irish record: Mendel, M. (1994). Apteropeda splendida Allard (Chrysomelidae) new to Ireland. Coleopterist 2(3): 70.