Apteropeda splendida Allard, 1860
Taxonomy: Polyphaga > Chrysomeloidea > Chrysomelidae > Apteropeda > Apteropeda splendida
Description
Size: 2.4-2.8
Basic colour: Shiny black, no metallic reflection
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour
Basic colour: Shiny black, no metallic reflection
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour
Widespread in the western Palaearctic.
Biology
Status: Last UK record from Ashdown Forest, Sussex in 1931. Found in the Burren, Ireland in 1987 (Mendel 1994).
RDB Category: Endangered (RDB1)
Habitat: Wetlands, woodlands, grasslands, sand dunes.
Host plant: Bugle (Ajuga reptans), speedwells (Veronica spp), plantains (Plantago spp.). Larvae also mine leaves of ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) as well as the adult hosts.
Overwintering: Adults in moss
Food: Leaves of host plants.
Other notes: Similar to A. globosa but lacks metallic reflection. First Irish record: Mendel, M. (1994). Apteropeda splendida Allard (Chrysomelidae) new to Ireland. Coleopterist 2(3): 70.
RDB Category: Endangered (RDB1)
Habitat: Wetlands, woodlands, grasslands, sand dunes.
Host plant: Bugle (Ajuga reptans), speedwells (Veronica spp), plantains (Plantago spp.). Larvae also mine leaves of ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) as well as the adult hosts.
Overwintering: Adults in moss
Food: Leaves of host plants.
Other notes: Similar to A. globosa but lacks metallic reflection. First Irish record: Mendel, M. (1994). Apteropeda splendida Allard (Chrysomelidae) new to Ireland. Coleopterist 2(3): 70.
Articles
Mendel, H. (1994). Apteropeda splendida Allard (Chrysomelidae) new to Ireland. The Coleopterist 2(3): 70.