Altica, Geoffroy, 1762

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2011, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 2, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (2), pp. 209-231 : 221

48. ALTICA CHAMAENERII (H. LINDBERG, 1926)*

Examined material: Recorded from three localities: Zelenogradsk district , Svetlogorsk vicinity, 54°93´86´´N 20°12´49´´E, 10.VI.2007 (1 ex., clearing in mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev); Zelenogradsk district , Otradnoe environs, 54°94´31´´N 20°12´81´´E, 30.VI.2010 (2 exx, clearing in mixed forest, on Epilobium angustifolium , leg. V. Alekseev); Gur’evsk district, Ryabinovka vicinity, 54°83´26´´N 20°50´92´´E, 8.VII.2010 (1 ex., sweeping, clearing in mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: The species is mentioned for all Baltic and Fennoscandian territories except Denmark ( Silfverberg 2004). It is monophagous species on Epilobium angustifolium ( Lindberg 1926; Kangas & Rutanen 1993; Wanntorp pers. comm. 2010). In the check-list of the former East Prussia ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979) and of the Kaliningrad region ( Alekseev 2003) this species is absent. This is the first record of the species for the Kaliningrad region.