Fuchsia flea beetle | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Altica |
Species: | A. lythri
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Binomial name | |
Altica lythri Aubé, 1843
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Altica lythri is a species of flea beetle from the leaf beetle family, that is common in Asia, Europe, and North Africa, including Israel.[1] The beetles size is 5 mm (0.20 in), and their colour is blue with black and green.[2] They present an ovipositor during oviposition.[3] The species is distributed in European countries such as Finland and Ukraine, to the Asian countries of Azerbaijan, Dagestan, and Turkey.[4] The species hibernate in winter, and come aground during summer months, when they are hungry. They feed on leaves of willowherb, water primroses[5] and sallows.[6] The species could become victims of such predators as Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, and adults of Pentatomidae, especially Zicrona caerulea.[7]