Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Bruchus
- Bruchus brachialis
Images
Source: Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 1.8-3.1mm
Basic colour: Brownish to blackish
Pattern colour: Variable white, cream or pale brown irregular patches of pubescence, overall appearance of being flecked pale grey against a brown-grey background.
Number of spots: See pattern colour
Pronotoum: See basic and pattern colour
Leg colour: Front legs orange, middle legs orange or dark, hind legs dark
Basic colour: Brownish to blackish
Pattern colour: Variable white, cream or pale brown irregular patches of pubescence, overall appearance of being flecked pale grey against a brown-grey background.
Number of spots: See pattern colour
Pronotoum: See basic and pattern colour
Leg colour: Front legs orange, middle legs orange or dark, hind legs dark
New in 2012 UK checklist.
Biology
Status: Recently (2010) established in south Essex; likely to expand its range.
Habitat: On vetches
Host plant: Fodder vetch Vicia villosa in Essex; other vetches outside the UK.
Overwintering: Unknown
Food: Larvae presumably in seeds.
Habitat: On vetches
Host plant: Fodder vetch Vicia villosa in Essex; other vetches outside the UK.
Overwintering: Unknown
Food: Larvae presumably in seeds.
Articles
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(2011), Essex Naturalist 28():29-33