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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

Identification Works

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

Lochmaea caprea 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Lochmaea caprea is associated with:

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

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

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

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