''Labidostomis longimana'' is a species of short-horned leaf beetles belonging to the family

Chrysomelidae The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...

, subfamily

Cryptocephalinae The Cryptocephalinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata. The cases are made from the feces of larvae, passed from one instar to the next, and ultimat ...

, tribe

Clytrini The Clytrini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae, though historically they were often treated as a distinct subfamily, Clytrinae. As the other Cryptocephalinae, they belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles known ...

Distribution

This species is found in most of Europe, in the eastern

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, and in the

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Description

These beetles are 4–7 mm long, the head and pronotum are black, the elytra are orange-brown.

Biology

The life cycle of these beetles lasts two years.P. Jolivet,E. Petitpierre,T.H. Hsia
Biology of Chrysomelidae
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Pistacia vera The pistachio (, ; ''Pistacia vera'') is a small to medium-sized tree of the cashew family, originating in Iran. The tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food. In 2022, world production of pistachios was one million tonnes, with ...

References

* A. O. Bienkowski - Larva of the leaf beetle Labidostomis longimana (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Clytrinae) – Entomological Review – Volume 89, Number 3

External links

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* Borowiec L.

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2672597 Clytrini Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1761 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus