Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824)
colorado beetle
on Solanum, etc.
Hyoscyamus niger, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 4.vi.2014 © László Érsek
larvae
detail
Solanum tuberosum, Hungary, Levél, 27.v.2020 © László Érsek
larvae
fully grown larva
beetles
sometimes total feeding damage
parasite
Larvae and adults free on the leaves.
host plants
Solanaceae, oligophagous
Atropa bella-donna; Solanum dulcamara, melongena, nigrum, sarrachoides, tuberosum, villosum.
Less often Datura stramonium; Hyoscyamus niger; Lycopersicon esculentum.
phenology
Several generations; hibernation as adult in the soil.
distribution within Europe
larva
See Hennig
pupa
See Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b).
parasitoids, predators
Anaphes flavipes; Perillus bioculatus.
notes
A pest on several crops.
references
Bahillo de la Puebla & Román (2009a), Biondi (1994b), Borowiec (1984a), Bukejs (2009h), Calf & van Dam (2012a), Farina (2015a), Gavrilović & Ćurčić (2013a), Gavrilović, Gavrilović, Ćurčić, ao (2014a), Gök & Turantepe (2019a), Hennig (1938a), Jolivet (1953a, 1998a), Petitpierre i Vall (1994a), Petitpierre, Bastazo & Blasco-Zumeta (2000a), Petitpierre, Sacarés & Jurado-Rivera (2017a), Penati & Ciapponi (2006a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b), Troukens (2012b), Winkelman (2013a).