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Altica lythri Aube, 1843 (a flea beetle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Altica lythri Imago 21 April 2000 Berks England 1 8
Altica lythri Imago 9 July 1998 Berks England 2
Altica lythri In cop. 15 May 1998 Berks England 3
Altica lythri Imago 18 June 1997 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cox, M.L., 2007 (Colour photograph) Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

Altica lythri may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)
Altica
(a genus of flea betles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Altica lythri is associated with:

Photos imago Lythrum salicaria - Purple-loosestrife (Lythraceae) imago grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Lythrum salicaria - Purple-loosestrife (Lythraceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Epilobium hirsutum - Great Willowherb, Greater Hairy Willowherb (Onagraceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Altica lythri listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Altica lythri:

abdomen, imago abdomen of imago is endoparasitoid host of larva Medina luctuosa - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993

Altica lythri may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)
Altica
(a genus of flea betles)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations

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