Acanthoscelides Schilsky, 1905

Bukejs, Andris, 2010, Materials to the knowledge of Latvian seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (2), pp. 177-184 : 181

Acanthoscelides Schilsky, 1905 A. obtectus (Say, 1831)

References: Smarods, Liepa 1956; Trauberga 1957 ( Bruchidius ); Šmits, Spuris 1966; Spuris 1974; Barševskis 1993; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: 108 exx: Daugavpils d.: Daugavpils, II.2008 (14, in room, leg. A.Bukejs) ; Stropi , II.2008 (47, in room, leg. A.Bukejs) ; Rēzekne d.: Rēzekne, 1995 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Rīga: Rīga, 4.VIII.1973 (1, Miera Str. 59, leg. M.Stiprais) , 22.X.1973 (43, Miera Str. 59, in room, leg. M.Stiprais) , 14.V.1996 (1, in room of museum, leg. N.Savenkov), Rīga, Kr.Barona Str. 6, 26.XI.2009 (1, in room, leg. A.Barševskis) .

Host plants: Phaseolus . Pested species.

Phenology: only in rooms; II, III, IV, V, VIII, X, XI. General distribution: S and C America; introduced to Palaearctic – Europe, N Africa,

Caucasus, Asia Minor ( Turkey), Iran, Mongolia, E Siberia, Russian Far East, Japan, Korean Peninsula. [COS]

Note: Introduced species. In Latvia the species has been noted also as a pest of peas, beetles have been recorded inside a seeds.