Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Longitarsus
- Longitarsus obliteratus
Description
Size: 1.1-1.5mm
Basic colour: Blackish, usually with a weak metallic reflection.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Yellow-orange, hind femora darkened.
Confusion species: Longitarsus obliteratoides
Basic colour: Blackish, usually with a weak metallic reflection.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Yellow-orange, hind femora darkened.
Confusion species: Longitarsus obliteratoides
Palaearctic (not Scandinavia), including the Middle East and North Africa.
Biology
Status: Scattered south of the Humber estuary, plus an old record from Armagh, Ireland.
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Various Lamiaceae, especially Breckland thyme, Thymus serpyllum
Overwintering: As adults, eggs and early instar larvae.
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae at roots.
Other notes: Elytral punctures coarser than in L. obliteratoides
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Various Lamiaceae, especially Breckland thyme, Thymus serpyllum
Overwintering: As adults, eggs and early instar larvae.
Food: Adults on leaves, larvae at roots.
Other notes: Elytral punctures coarser than in L. obliteratoides