Range
boreal transcontinental (NF-MA to NT-BC-WA)
(2)Food
feeds on dogwood (
Cornus, Cornaceae), having been reported from
C. pubescens, C. racemosa, and C. stolonifera. LeSage & Denis (1999) noted that
C. stolonifera [C. sericea] is the preferred host.
(3)Print References
LeSage, L. and J. Denis. 1999. The flea-beetle Altica corni Woods in North America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Alticinae). Pp. 533-544 In: M.L. Cox (ed.). Advances in Chrysomelidae Biology 1. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Loan, C.C. 1963. Parasitism of the dogwood flea-beetle, Altica corni, in Ontario. Journal of Economic Entomology 56(4): 537-538.
Woods W.C. (1918) The biology of Maine species of Altica. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 273: 149-204.