Altica ampelophaga Guérin-Méneville, 1858
vine leaf beetle
on Vitis, etc.
parasite
Larvae and adults free on the leaves.
host plants
Lythraceae, Onagraceae, Vitaceae, narrowly polyphagous
Chamerion angustifolium; Circaea; Epilobium; Lythrum salicaria; Oenothera; Parthenocissus; Vitis vinifera.
Mainly on Vitis, and there sometimes a pest.
phenology
Univoltine; hibernation as imago,
distribution within Europe
pupa
See Steinhausen (2002a).
synonyms
Haltica lythri ampelophaga, H. ampelophaga.
references
Bahillo de la Puebla & Román (2009a), Baselga & Novoa (2002b), Bastazo, Vela & Petitpierre (1993a), Baviera & Biondi (2015a), Bukejs (2011b), Jolivet (1953a), Mifsud (2012b), Petitpierre, Sacarés & Jurado-Rivera (2017a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (2002a), Vela, Bastazo & Fritzlar (2017a), Verdyck, De Bruyn, Hulselmans, ao (1993a).