Phratora vulgatissima (Linnaeus, 1758)

blue willow beetle

on Salix

parasite

Larvae and adults free on the leaves.

host plants

Salicaceae, monophagous

Salix alba, caprea, cinerea, gmelinii, viminalis.

phenology

Hibernation as imago.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

larva

See Hennig

pupa

See Steinhausen (2001b).

synonyms

Phyllodecta vulgatissima.

predators

Psallus haematodes.

references

Bukejs (2009i), Gavrilović & Ćurčić (2013a), Gavrilović, Gavrilović, Ćurčić, ao (2014a), Hennig (1938a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (2001b), Winkelman (2013a).