Altica lythri

Altica lythri is a species of flea beetles from the leaf beetle family, that is common in Asia, Europe, and North Africa, including Israel.[1] The beetles size is 5 mm (0.20 in), and their colour is blue with black and green.[2] They present an ovipositor during oviposition.[3] The species is distributed in European countries such as Finland and Ukraine, to the Asian countries of Azerbaijan, Dagestan, and Turkey.[4] The species hibernate in winter, and come aground during summer months, when they are hungry. They feed on leaves of willowherb, water primroses[5] and sallows.[6] The species could become victims of such predators as Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, and adults of Pentatomidae, especially Zicrona caerulea.[7]

Altica lythri
Altica lythri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Altica
Species:
A. lythri
Binomial name
Altica lythri
Aubé, 1843

References
  1. Distribution
  2. Colour
  3. W. M. Phillips (1978). "Sensilla types from the ovipositor of the flea beetle Altica lythri (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 24 (3): 599–600. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.1978.tb02822.x.
  4. "Distribution by country". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  5. Anonymous (2011). "Ludwigia grandiflora and L. peploides Onagraceae - Water primroses". EPPO Bulletin. 41 (3): 414–418. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2338.2011.02511.x.
  6. Ecology
  7. Predators

Further reading
  • For a description of the larvae: Eun Lee Jong & David G. Furth (2000). "Larval morphology and biology of a North American and an Israeli Altica species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)". Florida Entomologist. 83 (3): 276–284. JSTOR 3496346.
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