Longitarsus (Longitarsus) boraginicolus Ohno, 1968

Japanese name: ムラサキアシナガトビハムシ

English common names are not assigned automatically on this site. Scientific names are used as the primary identifier when available, and Japanese names are shown only as local reference names.

Overview

Scientific name: Longitarsus (Longitarsus) boraginicolus Ohno, 1968
Japanese name: ムラサキアシナガトビハムシ
Group: Leaf Beetle
Family: Chrysomelidae (ハムシ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 11
Adult season: 4~10月

Summary

Longitarsus (Longitarsus) boraginicolus Ohno, 1968 is documented here as a leaf beetle associated with plants recorded in Japan.

The scientific name is used as the primary identifier because a stable English common name is not always available for Japanese taxa.

Family: Chrysomelidae (ハムシ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 4~10月.

Recorded larval host plants

Bothriospermum zeylanicum
Japanese name: ハナイバナ
Cynoglossum asperrimum var. tosaense
Japanese name: オニルリソウ
Cynoglossum furcatum var. villosulum
Japanese name: オオルリソウ
Nihon japonicum
Japanese name: ヤマルリソウ
Lithospermum zollingeri
Japanese name: ホタルカズラ
Mertensia asiatica
Japanese name: ハマベンケイソウ
Heliotropium japonicum
Japanese name: スナビキソウ
Trigonotis brevipes
Japanese name: ミズタビラコ
Trigonotis iinumae
Japanese name: ツルカメバソウ
Trigonotis peduncularis
Japanese name: キュウリグサ
Symphytum officinale
Japanese name: ヒレハリソウ

Original source note

4~10月