Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Crepidodera
- Crepidodera plutus
Images
Source: Roger Key
Description
Size: 2.5-3.2mm
Basic colour: Coppery-green, brassy, bronze, coppery, blue or bluish-green; elytra sometimes very dark green or bronze.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Sometimes
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Orange
Basic colour: Coppery-green, brassy, bronze, coppery, blue or bluish-green; elytra sometimes very dark green or bronze.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Sometimes
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Orange
Biology
Status: Locally common in southern England, rare in Wales
Habitat: Various, often near water
Host plant: Willows, sometimes poplars and blackthorn, also dandelions
Overwintering: Adults under bark and in dead wood
Food: Adults on lower epidermis of leaves (and possibly pollen e.g. of dandelions), larvae on roots of willows
Habitat: Various, often near water
Host plant: Willows, sometimes poplars and blackthorn, also dandelions
Overwintering: Adults under bark and in dead wood
Food: Adults on lower epidermis of leaves (and possibly pollen e.g. of dandelions), larvae on roots of willows