Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle
Psylliodes chrysocephalus
This small, metallic blue-green beetle occurs in farmland, field margins, and gardens where brassicas grow. Adults feed by chewing small pits into cotyledons, leaves, and stems of cabbage-family plants. When threatened, they launch themselves away with enlarged hind legs and can also fly to new host plants. They are notable pests of young oilseed rape seedlings.
- Type
- Swift
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle