Phyllotreta nemorum

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Phyllotreta nemorum
Phyllotreta nemorum
Scientific classification
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Chrysomelidae
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P. nemorum
Binomial name
Phyllotreta nemorum
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]

Phyllotreta nemorum, the turnip flea beetle or yellow-striped flea beetle is a species of

Palearctic.[3]

The beetle feeds on various wild and cultivated

Apus apus) and parasitised by braconid and eulophid wasps.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b "Phyllotreta nemorum (Linnaeus, 1758) | UK Beetle Recording".
  3. ^ Joy, N 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles