Aphthona czwalinai, WEISE, 1888

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2011, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 2, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (2), pp. 209-231 : 219

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13204407
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scientific name	Aphthona czwalinai
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39. APHTHONA CZWALINAI WEISE, 1888 *

Examined material: Recorded once: Bagrationovsk district, 1 km N Mamonovo, 54°49´89´´N 19°93´76´´E, 10.VII.2010 (10 exx, shore of the Kaliningrad Gulf , dry meadow with sandy soil, on Euphorbia sp. , leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: In the former East Prussia the species has been reported from Baltic seacoast on the territory of the contemporaneous Poland only ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). According to Döberl (2010) this flea-beetle is distributed in central and eastern Europe ( Austria, Russia (central and south European territories), Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine), Caucasus, Iran, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia ( Kyrgyzstan) and Mongolia. It is introduced also to Canada and USA. The beetles feed on Euphorbia esula ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979) . The locality in the Kaliningrad region is situated at the northern border of distribution range of this species.