Plateumaris discolor (Panzer 1795) (Family Chrysomelidae)

Length: 6.5-9mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? June - July
(Earliest: 28.4)

Biotopes:
Wet Meadows

Peat Bogs and Mires
Food:
(Larva)

Eriophorum angustifolium
Possible Food:
(Larva)

Carex

Glyceria
Food:
(Adult)

Comarum palustre Pollen

Cardamine pratensis Pollen

Dactylorhiza maculata Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Several Braconidae Larvae

Several Tachinidae Larvae
Possible Predators:
Several Pentatomidae

Several Miridae

Several Vespidae

Plant Parasites of Europe: Plateumaris discolor


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