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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
POLYPHAGA
(mainly terrestrial beetles)
CHRYSOMELOIDAE
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)
GALERUCINAE
(a subfamily of leaf and flea beetles)
Altica
(a genus of flea betles)
Altica ericeti
(a flea beetle)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Altica ericeti (Allard, 1859) (a flea beetle)

Suggested Literature

Altica ericeti may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Altica ericeti is associated with:

larva Erica tetralix - Cross-leaved Heath (Ericaceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992

Associated with Altica ericeti:

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

Altica ericeti 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