Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Longitarsus
- Longitarsus longiseta
Common name
Heath Speedwell Flea Beetle
Description
Size: 1.6-2mm
Basic colour: Yellowish to reddish or brownish
Pattern colour: Elytral suture darkened along its entire length, although this may fade after death. Head black.
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour, hind femora black
Basic colour: Yellowish to reddish or brownish
Pattern colour: Elytral suture darkened along its entire length, although this may fade after death. Head black.
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour, hind femora black
Palaearctic (excluding Iberia)
Biology
Status: Rare (SE England only) with few records, possibly threatened by scrub encroachment.
RDB Category: Insufficiently Known (RDBK)
Habitat: Open woodland clearings, shady grassland and fallow fields (especially adjacent to woodland)
Host plant: Heath speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
Overwintering: Probably as adults
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae probably at roots.
RDB Category: Insufficiently Known (RDBK)
Habitat: Open woodland clearings, shady grassland and fallow fields (especially adjacent to woodland)
Host plant: Heath speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
Overwintering: Probably as adults
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae probably at roots.
Articles
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(1994), Longitarsus longiseta Weise rediscovered and Longitarsus obliteratoides Gruev (Chrysomelidae) new to Britain The Coleopterist 3(1):4