Smaragdina affinis is a species of short-horned leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cryptocephalinae.
Subspecies Smaragdina affinis affinis (Illiger, 1794) Smaragdina affinis manicata (Lacordaire, 1848) - in SpainBiol.uni.wroc.pl Biolib SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED Chrysomelidae OF THE WORLD
Description
The adults are long. Head is shiny black. Elytrae are black, with bluish reflections. Pronotum is edged with orange-red or red-brown, while the disc is black. Pronotum shows a fine and sparse punctuation, with strong and dense punctuation on the elytrae. Tibia and tarsi are orange. Femurs are hardly darkened at the base.Cédric Alonso Coleopteres Chrysomelidae Clytrinae de France continentale e de Corse
Biology Adults mainly feed on leaves of Corylus avellana, Quercus and Crataegus species, while larvae possibly feed in leaf litter.Kaefer-der-welt.de
Distribution These leaf beetles are present in most of Europe.Fauna Europaea
Habitat These leaf beetles are heat-loving. They can be found predominantly in thickets and forest edges, in the plane or on dry warm slopes, from about April to July.
References
External links Naturspaziergang Beetles and beetle recording in Great Britain Entomoland