Aphthona cyparissiae (Koch, 1803)
brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle
on Euphorbia
parasite
Larvae at the roots.
host plants
Euphorbiaceae, monophagous
Euphorbia cyparissias, esula & subsp. tommasiniana, helioscopia, nicaeensis, seguieriana
The beetles also on Euphorbia peplus.
phenology
Univoltine; the full grown larvae hibernate in the soil.
distribution within Europe
pupa
See Steinhausen (2002a).
references
Bukejs (2009e), Jolivet (1953a), Ouda, Čížek & Boža (2013a), Pemberton & Johnson (1986a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (2002a), Vig (1997a).