Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Prasocuris
- Prasocuris phellandrii
Images
Source: Roger Key
Description
Size: 5-6mm
Basic colour: Metallic green, blue or brassy, with yellow or reddish stripes.
Pattern colour: Pronotum with yellow or reddish margins; elytra also with yellow or reddish margins plus a longitudinal band of the same colour along interstices 3 & 4.
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Sometimes
Pronotoum: See 'pattern colour' above.
Leg colour: Black and yellow or reddish
Basic colour: Metallic green, blue or brassy, with yellow or reddish stripes.
Pattern colour: Pronotum with yellow or reddish margins; elytra also with yellow or reddish margins plus a longitudinal band of the same colour along interstices 3 & 4.
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Sometimes
Pronotoum: See 'pattern colour' above.
Leg colour: Black and yellow or reddish
Biology
Status: Widely distributed.
Habitat: Various wet habitats
Host plant: Various but primarily Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
Overwintering: Adults overwinter from mid September to March.
Food: Leaves of host plants.
Habitat: Various wet habitats
Host plant: Various but primarily Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
Overwintering: Adults overwinter from mid September to March.
Food: Leaves of host plants.
Articles
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(2002), Prasocuris phellandrii (Linnaeus) (Chrysomelidae) in the Orkney Islands The Coleopterist 11(2):44
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(2000), Unusual host-plants for Prasocuris phellandrii (Linnaeus, 1758) (Chrysomelidae) The Coleopterist 9(2):92