Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Agelastica alni (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 03-10-2006 12:55
#1

Larvae taken in N Russia (Belozersk) on July 18, 2006, from alder, Alnus (?????). PLease, ID.
Igor

Edited by Igor Grichanov on 04-10-2006 08:11

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-10-2006 13:28
#2

Couldn't these be larvae of Chrysomelidae?

Posted by crex on 03-10-2006 16:19
#3

Compare my old thread!

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 03-10-2006 17:39
#4

Thanks a lot. Pictures look identical. So, It is Agelastica alni? [Chrysomelidae]. That time and that region it was very abundant with several larvae on each leaf.
Igor.

Posted by crex on 03-10-2006 17:49
#5

I haven' got it confirmed. I put the question on a swedish coleoptera forum, but no reply there. There were as you say several larvae on each leaf. The name fits (alnus=alni), but there might be other species that looks similar. There aren't many photos depicting the coleoptera larvae to compare with either. As you see on the other thread I have put a link to the german site with a photo of the Agelastica alni larvae.