Phyllotreta nemorum, the turnip flea beetle or yellow-striped flea beetle is a species of beetle in family Chrysomelidae. The beetle is 2.4-3.5 mm long and black with sinuate yellow bands running down its elytra.[2] It is found in the Palearctic.[3]
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The beetle feeds on various wild and cultivated Brassicaceae, and also on mignonettes (Reseda spp.) and brooklime (Veronica beccabunga). Adults consume leaves while larvae are leaf-miners. They are themselves preyed on by swifts (Apus apus) and parasitised by braconid and eulophid wasps.[2]
References
edit- ^ Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp
- ^ a b "Phyllotreta nemorum (Linnaeus, 1758) | UK Beetle Recording".
- ^ Joy, N 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
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