Cryptocephalus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1792

Bukejs, Andris, 2010, Some Leaf-Beetles Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Mistakenly Reported For The Latvian Fauna, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 10 (1), pp. 71-75 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10979655
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10979667
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D18F48-F501-3412-B65E-FFD2D9E27EDB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cryptocephalus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1792
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References: Pūtele 1974; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004; Bukejs et al. 2007; Bukejs 2008a.

Material in revised collection: Record of this species “Misa, 06.07.1977 (1 ex., leg. V.Pūtele)” was misidentified and relate to C. fulvus Goeze, 1777 .

Host plants: various Lamiaceae and Compositae ( Bienkowski 2004).

General distribution: Europe (excl. N), NW Africa ( Morocco), Near East, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Kazakhstan.

Note: 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 Ukraine and S Poland ( Warchałowski 1991; A. Warchałowski pers. comm.).