Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Chaetocnema
- Chaetocnema picipes
Description
Size: 1.7-2.3mm
Basic colour: Bronze, coppery or dark green
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour
Basic colour: Bronze, coppery or dark green
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour
Palaearctic.
Biology
Status: Widespread but scattered (not known from Scotland)
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Various Polygonaceae and oraches Atriplex spp.
Overwintering: Adults hibernate
Food: Adults on leaves; larval feeding unknown.
Other notes: Take care to separate from C. concinna which is commoner and more widespread. Known to attack oilseed rape and beets in continental Europe.
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Various Polygonaceae and oraches Atriplex spp.
Overwintering: Adults hibernate
Food: Adults on leaves; larval feeding unknown.
Other notes: Take care to separate from C. concinna which is commoner and more widespread. Known to attack oilseed rape and beets in continental Europe.
Articles
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(2003), Chaetocnema picipes Stephens (Chrysomelidae) in Kent The Coleopterist 12(1):40
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(1997), Chaetocnema picipes Stephens (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) in Britain The Coleopterist 6(3):85