#3474 · 🪲 beetles
Daffodil Leaf-beetle
Exosoma lusitanicum
📍 4585 Sobreira, Portugal
📍 Travessa do Alcaide de Alfange, Santarém, Santarém, PT
📍 43600 Sainte-Sigolène, France
📍 13868 Casa del Bosco BI, Italia
📍 Parco Naturale Regionale Campo dei Fiori, 21030 Brinzio VA, Italia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Pedro Antonio Lázaro Molinero · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Daniel BIZET (COGard) · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © jeclerencia · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. 4585 Sobreira, Portugal:© Francisco Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Travessa do Alcaide de Alfange, Santarém, Santarém, PT:© Sara Fonseca · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 43600 Sainte-Sigolène, France:© joanneschmbn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 13868 Casa del Bosco BI, Italia:© Gabriele Vaudano · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Parco Naturale Regionale Campo dei Fiori, 21030 Brinzio VA, Italia:© Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Exosoma lusitanicum or daffodil leaf beetle is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,940 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Daffodil Leaf-beetle
- scientific name
- Exosoma lusitanicum
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Chrysomelidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 5,404
- sightings worldwide
- 5,940
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Chrysomelidae
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🇳🇱 Elzenhaantje
Agelastica alni
👀 1.5k in NL
#3181 📷 10Green Dock Beetle
🇳🇱 Groen zuringhaantje
Gastrophysa viridula
👀 515 in NL
#3184 📷 9Colorado Potato Beetle
🇳🇱 Coloradokever
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
👀 476 in NL
#3185 📷 10Rosemary Beetle
🇳🇱 Rozemarijngoudhaantje
Chrysolina americana
👀 475 in NL
#3205 📷 10Poplar Leaf Beetle
🇳🇱 Grote populierenhaan
Chrysomela populi
👀 247 in NL
#3209 📷 10Willow Flea-beetle
🇳🇱 Gouden wilgenaardvlo
Crepidodera aurata
👀 234 in NL
#3210 📷 10Mint beetle
🇳🇱 Blauw muntgoudhaantje
Chrysolina coerulans
👀 228 in NL
#3213 📷 10Gewone rietkever
Donacia clavipes
👀 197 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 505671, Wikidata Q148293, GBIF 1668789, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.