#3463 · 🪲 beetles

Elm Leaf Beetle

🇳🇱 Iepenhaantje ·Xanthogaleruca luteola

🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Elliot Blythman · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Nathan Taylor · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Susan J. Hewitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Valter Jacinto | Portugal · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Ralf Huber · CC BY 4.0
7. © Sarah Zukoff · CC BY 4.0
8. © Susan J. Hewitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0

what is it?

Xanthogaleruca luteola , commonly known as the elm-leaf beetle , is an invasive beetle pest species in the family Chrysomelidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 13,698iNaturalist observations

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.
13,698 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1766 (260 years ago).