Longitarsus jacobaeae, (Waterhouse, 1858)

Bukejs, Andris, 2010, To The Knowledge Of Flea Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) Of The Latvian Fauna. 6. Genus Longitarsus Latreille, 1829, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 10 (1), pp. 53-70 : 55-56

L. jacobaeae (Waterhouse, 1858)

syn.: laevis Duftschmid, 1825

References: Seidlitz 1872 -1875 (laevis Duft.), 1887-1891 (laevis Duft.); Rathlef 1905; Tomsons 1940; Pūtele 1965, 1970a, 1970b, 1971, 1974; Barševskis 1993; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: 5 exx: Aizkraukle d.: Jaunjelgava, 11.VIII.2006 (1, near the Daugava River, leg. E.Rudāns, A.Barševskis); Cēsis d.: Taurene, 21.VIII.2006 (1, leg. A.Pankjāns); Daugavpils d.: Lociki, 7.VII.2001 (1, leg. G.Lociks), 31.VII.2008 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Krāslava d.: Šķaune, 26.VII.1990 (1, leg. A.Barševskis).

Host plants: Senecio (Compositae) .

Phenology: VI, VII, VIII.

General distribution: Europe, N Africa, Caucasus, south part of Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia ( Kyrgyzstan), Mongolia. [ CEM]

Note: In Latvia, the species known fro 7 localities.