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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Chrysomelidae Sub Family   Eumolpinae Description   a sub-family of the Chrysomelidae Background to Family   The single member is Bromius obscurus, an endangered, black beetle found in only one 10km x 10km square in Great Britain. Adults and larvae feed, respectively, on the foliage and roots of willowherbs (Chamaerion angustifolium, Epilobium) and certain other plants.     No. taxa in DBIF   _ No. interactions   _ % interactions with British data   _ No. records   _ % taxa with British data   _ Notes   Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, errors in original sources, or for misspellings. New material added from Cox, 2007 (Atlas of the seed and leaf beetles of Britain and Ireland. Pisces Publications, UK).; ; Notes on Sources   Please see sources at the family level; Please see sources at the family level; Please see sources at the family level Most recent source   2007 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Cox, M.L. (2007) Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :2 Source   Kendall, P.(1981) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 117 233-234:233