Mantura rustica, (Linnaeus, 1767)

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M. rustica (Linnaeus, 1767)

= semiaenea (Fabricius, 1792)

References: Fleischer 1829 ( Altica semiaenea F.); Seidlitz 1872-1875, 1887-1891; Rathlef 1905; Palij 1958; Pūtele 1970, 1970c, 1971a, 1971c, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1981a; Priedītis, Pūtele 1976; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: 1 specimen: Daugavpils d.: Vabole , 12.V.1994 (1, leg. R.Cibuļskis) .

Host plants: Polygonaceae ( Polygonum , Rumex , Rheum ).

General distribution: Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia (Kyrghyzia, Tadzhikistan), Mongolia, Russian Far East, China, Japan. [ASE]

Note: Rare and insufficiently known species with only few known localities.

DIBOLIA LATREILLE, 1829

40 species of this genus are known in the Palaearctic. In Latvia, 4 species are recorded. Larvae mine leaves and pupate in soil ( Bieńkowski 2004).