Epitrix pubescens, (Koch, 1803)

Bukejs, Andris, 2009, New data on little-known flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) in the fauna of Latvia, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 9 (2), pp. 161-175 : 166-167

E. pubescens (Koch, 1803)

References: Müthel 1886 ( Altica pubescens E.H.); Seidlitz 1887 -1891; Rathlef 1905; Palij 1958; Pūtele 1970, 1970c, 1971a, 1971c, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1981a; Priedītis, Pūtele 1976; Barševskis 1993, 2002; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004; Bukejs, Telnov 2007.

Examined material: 18 specimens: Daugavpils d.: Kurcums, near Lake Kurcums , 06. VI.2008 (1, leg. A.Barševskis) ; Stropi, 27.IV.2008 (1, bank of Lake Lielais Stropu , leg. A.Bukejs) , 14.V.2009 (2, moist forest, leg. A.Bukejs); Jelgava d.: Vecsvirlauka , 24. V.1972 (1, leg. V. Pūtele) ; Krāslava d.: Šķeltova , 11.VIII.2009 (6, leg. A.Barševskis) ; Preiļi d.: Jersika, Kurpnieki house, 23-24. VI.2008 (4, leg. A.Barševskis) ; Talsi d.: Ances purvi un meži (bog and forest) PNT, 27. VI.2006 (1, U.Valainis leg.) ; Slītere , 27.VII.1973 (1, leg. V. Pūtele) ; Ventspils d.: Moricsala Isl., Moricsala Nature Reserve , 29. VI.2002 (1, leg. U.Valainis) .

Host plants: Solanaceae ( Solanum , Lycium , Hyoscyamus , Atropa , Datura ).

General distribution: Azores, Europe (except the North), Asia Minor, Iran, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia ( Kyrgyzstan), W Siberia; N America. [OLA]

Note: Insufficiently known species. Probably, should be more widely distributed in suitable habitats (banks of lakes and rivers, wet meadows, forest glens and other) in whole of Latvia.

MANTURA STEPHENS, 1831

17 species of this genus are known in the Palaearctic. In Latvia, 3 species are recorded. Larvae develop inside leaf mines, probably, also on roots in the soil ( Bieńkowski 2004).