Longitarsus kutscherai, (Rye, 1872)

Bukejs, Andris, 2010, To The Knowledge Of Flea Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) Of The Latvian Fauna. 6. Genus Longitarsus Latreille, 1829, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 10 (1), pp. 53-70 : 59

L. kutscherai (Rye, 1872)

Examined material: 7 exx: Daugavpils d.: Ļubesti SE env., Rīga-Krāslava beltway, 17.V.2007 (1, leg. A.Barševskis, K.Barševska) ; Jēkabpils d.: Dunava , 25.IV.2009 (1, leg. A.Barševskis) ; Talsi d.: Slītere , 22.VIII.1983 (3, leg. V.Pūtele) ; Venspils d.: Moricsala Isl., Moricsala Nature Reserve , 14.V.2004 (1, leg. A.Barševskis) ; Ziras E env., 57 o 11‘55“N 21 o 37‘39“E, 28.VII.2005 (1, bank of the Venta River , leg. A.Barševskis, A. Bukejs, U.Valainis) .

Host plants: Labiatae.In the literature ( Bieńkowski 2004), Plantago and Galeobdolon luteum are also mentioned as host plants.

Phenology: IV (3), V, VII, VIII.

General distribution: Europe, N Africa ( Algeria), Asia Minor ( Turkey), Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, N China (Inner Mongolia), Korean Peninsula. [ PAL]

Note: New species for the Latvian fauna. Simultaneously this species was recorded in Latvia also by Dmitry Telnov (Telnov et al. in press). In Fenoscandia and Baltic states it is know from Danmark, Finland, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden ( Silfverberg 2004); known also from Belarus ( Lopatin & Nesterova 2005).