Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Megalopodidae
- Zeugophora
- Zeugophora flavicollis
Images
Source: Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 2.5-3.5mm
Basic colour: Elytra black.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: Orange-yellow
Leg colour: Orange-yellow, hind femora darkened.
Basic colour: Elytra black.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: Orange-yellow
Leg colour: Orange-yellow, hind femora darkened.
Palaearctic
Biology
Status: Scattered in SE and midland England, previously more widespread (north to Cumbria). Vulnerable (RDB2), previously categorised as Endangered (RDB1)
RDB Category: Vulnerable (RDB2)
Habitat: Broadleaved woodland, commons.
Host plant: Poplars, sometimes willows.
Overwintering: As new generation adults.
Food: Adults on leaves (usually on fairly mature trees), larvae are leaf-miners.
Other notes: Head black.
RDB Category: Vulnerable (RDB2)
Habitat: Broadleaved woodland, commons.
Host plant: Poplars, sometimes willows.
Overwintering: As new generation adults.
Food: Adults on leaves (usually on fairly mature trees), larvae are leaf-miners.
Other notes: Head black.