BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Lochmaea caprea (L., 1758) (Willow Leaf Beetle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Lochmaea caprea Female imago 29 June 1975 Surrey England 5

Suggested Literature

Lochmaea caprea 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Lochmaea caprea is associated with:

imago Salix - willows (Salicaceae) imago grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
imago Salix caprea - Goat Willow, Sallow (Salicaceae) imago grazes on leaf Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
larva Salix - willows (Salicaceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
larva Salix caprea - Goat Willow, Sallow (Salicaceae) larva grazes on leaf Major Bullock, J.A., 1992

Associated with Lochmaea caprea:

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

Lochmaea caprea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

References

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