Aphthona euphorbiae

Aphthona euphorbiae
	Aphthona euphorbiae 1,5-2 mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Aphthona
Species:	A. euphorbiae
Binomial name
	Aphthona euphorbiae; Schrank, 1781

Aphthona euphorbiae is a root-feeding flea beetle of the genus Aphthona. It is widely distributed throughout Europe, North Africa, the Caucasuses, Near East, Asia Minor, the southern part of West and Mid Siberia and Kazakhstan.[1] In Latvia it has been reported as a pest of flax Linum.[2]

References

Andris Bukejs. "To the knowledge of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) of the Latvian fauna. 4. Genus Aphthona Chevrolat, 1836" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 2009, Volumen 19, Numerus 3.
Palij, V. F. 1958. On the fauna and biocenology of Latvian flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Proceedings of the Institute of Biology of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences 5: 69–89. [Палий, В. Ф. 1958. О фауне и биоценологии земляных блошек Латвии (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Труды Института биологии Академии наук Латвийской ССР 5: 69–89.]

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[1] Andris Bukejs. "To the knowledge of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) of the Latvian fauna. 4. Genus Aphthona Chevrolat, 1836" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 2009, Volumen 19, Numerus 3.

[2] Palij, V. F. 1958. On the fauna and biocenology of Latvian flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Proceedings of the Institute of Biology of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences 5: 69–89. [Палий, В. Ф. 1958. О фауне и биоценологии земляных блошек Латвии (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Труды Института биологии Академии наук Латвийской ССР 5: 69–89.]