Bruchidius cisti (Fabricius, 1775)
Taxonomy: Polyphaga > Chrysomeloidea > Chrysomelidae > Bruchidius > Bruchidius cisti
Images
Source:
Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 2.3-3.4mm
Basic colour: Blackish or brownish
Pattern colour: Dorsal pubescence short, fine, sparse and silvery-white. ventral pubescence the same as dorsally, sometimes darker with some golden setae.
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Blackish
Basic colour: Blackish or brownish
Pattern colour: Dorsal pubescence short, fine, sparse and silvery-white. ventral pubescence the same as dorsally, sometimes darker with some golden setae.
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Blackish
Western Palaearctic.
Biology
Status: Widely scattered in England & Wales.
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Larvae usually on various Fabaceae; adults on common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, broom Cytisus scoparius, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, and clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata.
Overwintering: As juveniles with new adults emerging in spring. Larvae develop in Fabaceae seeds.
Food: Larvae mine pods before penetrating seeds; adults feed on pollen.
Other notes: Eggs and larvae parasitised by several wasp species.
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Larvae usually on various Fabaceae; adults on common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, broom Cytisus scoparius, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, and clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata.
Overwintering: As juveniles with new adults emerging in spring. Larvae develop in Fabaceae seeds.
Food: Larvae mine pods before penetrating seeds; adults feed on pollen.
Other notes: Eggs and larvae parasitised by several wasp species.