Gonioctena olivacea

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Gonioctena olivacea
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Gonioctena olivacea

Systematics
Family : Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Subfamily : Chrysomelinae
Tribe : Chrysomelini
Genre : Gonioctena
Subgenus : Spartophila
Type : Gonioctena olivacea
Scientific name
Gonioctena olivacea
( Forster , 1771)
larva

Gonioctena olivacea is a beetle fromthe leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae).

description

The beetles have a body length of 3–5 mm. The head and pronotum are reddish, the elytra are yellow. The latter have a black seam and a dark stripe on the shoulder bulge. Several rows of dots run over the wing covers.

distribution

The distribution area of Gonioctena olivacea extends from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Europe and the British Isles.

Way of life

The host plants of the beetle species include, in addition to the broom broom ( Cytisus scoparius ), related broom species. The species forms one generation per year. The adult beetles fly from May. The beetles are most common in late July / early August.

Taxonomy

Further synonyms in the literature are:

  • Chrysomela flavicans Fabricius , 1787
  • Chrysomela litura Fabricius , 1775
  • Chrysomela olivacea Forster , 1771 (original name combination)
  • Phytodecta weisei Reitter , 1896
  • Spartophila olivacea

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d European beetles - Gonioctena . www.coleo-net.de. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ Gonioctena (Spartophila) olivacea (Forster 1771) in Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ a b c Robert Biedermann: Incidence and population dynamics of the leaf beetle Gonioctena olivacea in dynamic habitats (PDF 229 KB) Ecography 28: 673–681, 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Gonioctena olivacea . www.biolib.cz. Retrieved May 29, 2017.

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