Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Orsodacnidae
- Orsodacne
- Orsodacne cerasi
Images
Source: Roger Key
Source: Lech Borowiec
Source: Lech Borowiec
Source: Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 4.5-6.4mm
Basic colour: Yellowish through brownish to black - highly variable and the elytra may or may not be the same colour as the pronotum.
Pattern colour: Usually none, though if the elytra is pale, the suture may be darkened.
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Many and common
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Yellowish to brownish
Confusion species: Orsodacne humeralis
Basic colour: Yellowish through brownish to black - highly variable and the elytra may or may not be the same colour as the pronotum.
Pattern colour: Usually none, though if the elytra is pale, the suture may be darkened.
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Many and common
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Yellowish to brownish
Confusion species: Orsodacne humeralis
Western Palaearctic.
Biology
Status: Widespread and locally common in England and Wales, not recorded from Scotland or Ireland.
Habitat: Mixed or deciduous woodland
Host plant: Various trees and shrubs.
Overwintering: Unknown.
Food: Adults on anthers and pollen, especially of white flowers. Larval feeding unknown/uncertain.
Other notes: Dorsally almost hairless, with diffuse punctures and dull elytral interstices.
Habitat: Mixed or deciduous woodland
Host plant: Various trees and shrubs.
Overwintering: Unknown.
Food: Adults on anthers and pollen, especially of white flowers. Larval feeding unknown/uncertain.
Other notes: Dorsally almost hairless, with diffuse punctures and dull elytral interstices.