Bruchus atomarius

Bruchus • Bruchidae • Chrysomeloidea • Coleoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Bruchus atomarius (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Dick Belgers
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Bruchus atomarius Linnaeus - (bruchid seed beetle)

The beetle attacks and breeds in the seeds of beans, occasionally also those of peas and other legumes.

Vernacular names
• Deutsch:	Saubohnenkäfer
• English:	bruchid seed beetle

Publications covering Bruchus atomarius

Ecological Entomology (2006) 31, 601-607
Lisette Lenoir and Aina Pihlgren (2006)
Effects of grazing and ant/beetle interaction on seed production in the legume Vicia sepium in a seminatural grassland

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