Macrolenes dentipes (Oliver)

Petitpierre, Eduard, Sacarés, Antoni & Jurado-Rivera, José A., 2017, Updated checklist of Balearic leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Zootaxa 4272 (2), pp. 151-177 : 153-154

Macrolenes dentipes (Oliver)

MALLORCA—Alcúdia: road to Alcanada 29.05.1986, 8 exx.; ibid: La Victoria , 12.05.1987, 4 exx.; Cala Sant Vicenç 30.05 to 0 2.06.1989 (leg. R. Beenen) ; Can Picafort 14.06.1984, 3 exx.; ibid 22.06.1984, 2 exx.; Escorca: Manut 15.06.1982, 1 ex.; Esporles 26.05.1987, 4 exx.; ibid: S’Esgleieta 0 6.05.1983, 5 exx.; Estellencs 23.05.1984, 3 exx.; Llucmajor 21.05.1982, 10 exx.; Port de Pollença: badia 0 2.07.1985, 2 exx.; ibid 0 4.05.1986, 5 exx. Also in the islet of Sa Dragonera 0 3.06.1990, 2 exx.; ibid 25.05.1996, 5 exx. ( Gómez-Zurita et al. 1996) and in the small island of Cabrera: Monument als Francesos 20.07.1984, 1 ex. (Palmer & Petitpierre 1993); Jardí Botànic 18.06.2005, 1 ex. Most adult individuals on Pistacia lentiscus L. ( Anacardiaceae ).

MENORCA—Sant Tomàs 17.05.2003, 2 exx.

EIVISSA—Eivissa 26.05.1974 (Teunissen 2002).

The larvae of this species feed on leaves of Quercus ilex and on caterpillars or adults of the moth Ephestia kuehniella in lab conditions ( Schöller 1998).