Атлас жуков России
Семейство Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae
Leptomona erythrocephala (Olivier, 1790)
Russia, Sochi, Khosta District, on the floodplain
of the Bzugu River, on the ruderal plant Lotus corniculatus in
Razdolnoe Vill. (43°36' N, 39°46' E), 6.VI.2017
Comments
Native range. Leptomona erythrocephala is native to mainland Spain, Mallorca, Portugal,
south France, Sicily, Algeria and Morocco.
Junior synonym Monolepta verticalis Reitter, 1886 was described from Portugal.
Invasion history.
This species was not previously recorded outside its native range.
Records in European Russia. In June 2017 and May 2018, we found
L. erythrocephala in the northwest Caucasus, on the Black Sea coast.
Ten specimens were sweep-netted in ruderal plants at the Imereti Resort,
Adler District, Sochi (43°24' N, 39°58' E), and approximately 50
specimens were found on the ruderal plant Lotus corniculatus in
Razdolnoe Vill., on the floodplain
of the Bzugu River, Khosta District, Sochi (43°36' N, 39°46' E).