Phyllotreta shirahatai Madar, 1959

Kato, Makoto & Imada, Yume, 2025, Diversity and host plant utilization of leaf-mining beetles of Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera) in Japan, ZooKeys 1238, pp. 209-268 : 209-268

Phyllotreta shirahatai Madar, 1959

Fig. 3 J – M

Host plant.

Brassicaceae : Cardamine leucantha (Tausch.) .

Leaf mine.

Full-depth linear-blotch mine on mature leaf (Fig. 3 K – M ). Frass is granular, scattered throughout the mine. The fully grown larva exits the mined leaf, falls to the ground, and pupates underground.

Material examined.

• 1 adult and several leaf mines on Cardamine leucantha, Eniwa Park, Eniwa , Hokkaidô, 21-VII-2020 (Fig. 3 J, K ) ; several leaf mines, Tôbai , Nemuro, Hokkaidô, 2-VIII-2023 on C. leucantha (Fig. 3 L, M ) .

Figures

Figure 3. Habitus of adults and leaf mines of two Phyllotreta species A – I P. ezoensis J – M P. shirahatai. Host plants A – I Draba nemorosa at Kiyosato, Yamanashi Pref. J – M Cardamine appendiculata at Eniwa (J, K) and Tobai (L, M), Hokkaido.