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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Megalopodidae Sub Family   Description   a family of leaf beetles Background to Family   The three species of Zeugophora develop as larvae in leaf mines on poplars and aspen (Populus). Adults feed on the foliage of such trees, as well as Salix and Betula.     No. taxa in DBIF   3 No. interactions   17 % interactions with British data   82% No. records   30 % taxa with British data   100% 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).; The family was previously treated as a sub-family in the Chrysomelidae. ; Notes on Sources   (47%) Cox, M.L. (2007) Atlas of the seed and leaf beetles of Britain and Ireland. Pisces Publications, UK.; (23%) Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:111; (7%) Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:265 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.