Longitarsus ballotae, (Marsham, 1802)

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 : 60

L. ballotae (Marsham, 1802)

References: Pūtele 1965, 1968, 1970a, 1970b, 1971, 1974; Barševskis 1993 (misidentification); Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: Not confirmed by the author. Earlier report of this species in Latvia – “Krāslava d.: Asūne, 27.VII.1990 (1, leg. A.Barševskis)” ( Barševskis 1993) was based on misidentification.

Host plants: Ballota , Marrubium (Labiatae) .

Phenology: VII.

General distribution: Europe (excl. N), N Africa, Asia Minor, Near East, Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Mongolia. [ CEM]

Note: Pūtele (1965, 1974) mentioned the species from few localities. Record needs confirmation. According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), the species is mentioned only for Latvia. It is known also from S Belarus ( Lopatin, Nesterova 2005).