Epitrix cucumeris (Haris, 1851)

potato flea beetle

on Solanum, etc.

parasite

Larvae at the roots.

host plants

Solanaceae, oligophagous

Datura stramonium; Lycopersicon esculentum; Solanum melongena, nigrum, tuberosum.

phenology

Univoltinel; hibernation as imago.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

notes

Originally North American species.

references

Bieńkowski & Orlova-Bienkowskaja (2016a).