Cryptocephalus chrysopus (Gmelin, 1788)

Bukejs, Andris, 2010, Some Leaf-Beetles Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Mistakenly Reported For The Latvian Fauna, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 10 (1), pp. 71-75 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10979655
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11238674
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D18F48-F502-3411-B407-FC72DC077A1B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cryptocephalus chrysopus (Gmelin, 1788)
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References: Pūtele 1974, 1984; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004; Valainis 2007 b; Bukejs et al. 2007; Bukejs 2008a.

Material in revised collection: Report of this species “Tetele, 12.08.1973 (1 ex., leg. V.Pūtele)” ( Pūtele 1974) was misidentified and relate to C. pusillus Fabricius, 1777 .

Host plants: Salix , Quercus, Rosa (Lopatin, Nesterova 2005).

General distribution: Europe (excl. N), Caucasus, Sayans, Kazakhstan.

Note: Probably, other report of this species by V. Pūtele ( Pūtele 1984) from Slītere National Park were based also on misidentification. Occurrence of this species in Latvian fauna is doubtful, therefore it is excluded from the list of Latvian Coleoptera . The nearest known localities of this species are in Poland ( Warchałowski 1991; A. Warchałowski pers. comm.) and southern Belarus ( Lopatin, Nesterova 2005)