BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Lochmaea suturalis (Thomson, 1866) (Heather Beetle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Lochmaea suturalis Male imago 26 March 2005 Berks England 4

Suggested Literature

Lochmaea suturalis 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 suturalis is associated with:

imago Calluna vulgaris - Heather (Ericaceae) imago grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
larva Calluna vulgaris - Heather (Ericaceae) larva grazes on leaf Restricted Bullock, J.A., 1992

Associated with Lochmaea suturalis:

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

Lochmaea suturalis 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