Aphthona euphorbiae explained

Aphthona euphorbiae is a root-feeding flea beetle. It is widely distributed throughout Europe, North Africa, the Caucasus, Near East, Asia Minor, the southern part of West and Mid Siberia and Kazakhstan.^[1] In Latvia it has been reported as a pest of flax Linum.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Bukejs . Andris . To the knowledge of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) of the Latvian fauna. 4. Genus Aphthona Chevrolat, 1836 . Acta Zoologica Lituanica . 2009 . 19 . 3 . 223–230 . 10.2478/v10043-009-0030-7 .
2. Palij, V. F. 1958. On the fauna and biocenology of Latvian flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Proceedings of the Institute of Biology of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences 5: 69–89. [Палий, В. Ф. 1958. О фауне и биоценологии земляных блошек Латвии (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Halticinae). Труды Института биологии Академии наук Латвийской ССР 5: 69–89.]