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Agelastica alni (Alder Leaf Beetle)

Synonyms: Chrysomela alni (homotypic); Cryptocephalus violaceus (heterotypic); Galleruca alni

Wikipedia Abstract

Agelastica alni, the alder leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae) in the genus Agelastica. Agelastica alni is distributed in Europe, the Caucasuses, Siberia, north-eastern Kazakhstan, and in the 19th century was introduced to the USA (Kolk & Starzyk, 1996).
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Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)[1]
Alnus incana (gray alder)[2]
Betula pubescens pubescens (downy birch)[2]
Corylus avellana (common filbert)[2]
Salix caprea (goat willow)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0