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Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle

Psylliodes chrysocephala

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in United Kingdom.January 2, February 0, March 1, April 11, May 7, June 3, July 8, August 11, September 19, October 20, November 5, December 2.
United Kingdom89
England84
Germany74
France42
Austria25
Poland19
Portugal14
Sachsen13
Schleswig-Holstein13
Spain12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusPsylliodes

Sources

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