False Loghorn Leaf Beetle – Donacia piscatrix

False Loghorn Leaf Beetle – Donaciapiscatrix Common Name: False Loghorn Leaf Beetle Latin Name: Donaciapiscatrix Appearance:

• Most leaf beetle species are between 1.0 and 18 mm in length, excluding appendages, with just a few bigger species, such as Alurnus humeralis, which grows to 35 mm.
• Leaf beetles have small to medium-sized. Most species have domed, oval bodies visible from the dorsal view (although others are spherical or elongated), and they frequently have various colors or metallic sheen.
• Most specimens have antennae that are noticeably shorter than the head, thorax, and abdomen or not much longer than half of these three body parts combined.
• The size of the second antennal segment is typical (which differentiates leaf beatles from the closely related longhorn beetles). Although most species’ antennal details have a roughly identical form and only progressively broaden near the tip, certain Galerucinae, particularly the males, have changed segments. In most circumstances, the antenna’s first section is bigger than its succeeding ones. Different species of leaf beetles have different pronotums.

Territory: They are a Holarctic area native. Damages caused by False Loghorn Leaf Beetle: The False Loghorn Leaf Spruce, firewood, and spruce logs, transported to mills, are two examples of afflicted materials transmitting beetles naturally and by human activity. It favors weaker, stressed, and recently fallen spruce trees where they may thrive. However, if populations are great, it is common to infest healthy spruce. A brown spruce longhorn beetle infestation might threaten mature spruce forests that are already under stress from disturbances, including dryness, defoliation, and severe winds. Spruce trees lose their life within one to five years of becoming infected.