Apteropeda orbiculata

Apteropeda orbiculata is a species of beetle in the Chrysomelidae family that can be found on the British Isles, Denmark, France, Germany, Northern Spain, the Netherlands, Western Poland and Western Ukraine.^[1] It is black coloured,^[2] but can also be green.^[3]

Apteropeda orbiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Apteropeda
Species:	A. orbiculata
Binomial name
Apteropeda orbiculata (Marsham, 1802)
Synonyms
Chrysomela orbiculata Marsham, 1802 Haltica graminis Koch, 1803 Haltica hederae Illiger, 1807 Altica cilliata Olivier, 1808 Apteropeda orbiculata var. aurichalcea Weise, 1893 Apteropeda orbiculata var. coerulans Weise, 1893

Habitat

The species feeds on various plants, including Ajuga, Aster, Cirsium, Galeopsis, Linaria, Mullein, Plantago, Polyphagus, Primula, Rhinanthus, Scrophularia, Stachys, and Veronica species.^[4]