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Beet flea beetle

Chaetocnema concinna (Marsham, 1802)

Status not recordedbeetles

The beet flea beetle (Chaetocnema concinna) is a species in the family Chrysomelidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.1 mm in length.

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Quick facts about the beet flea beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2.1 mmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the beet flea beetle?

BEET FLEA BEETLE · LENGTH 2.1 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.1 mm, the recorded maximum length of the beet flea beetle is about 0.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What eats the beet flea beetle?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the beet flea beetle

20 on record

  1. Allagelena gracilens2 sources
  2. Ant-spider Myrmarachne formicaria2 sources
  3. Zora spinimana2 sources
  4. Gorse orbweaver Agalenatea redii2 sources
  5. Amara aenea2 sources
  6. Narrow-dimpled Sunshiner Amara similata2 sources
  7. Cucumber green spider Araniella cucurbitina2 sources
  8. Wasp spider Argiope bruennichi2 sources
  9. Philhygra palustris2 sources
  10. Interrupted Sunshiner Amara communis2 sources
  11. Social sun beetle Amara familiaris2 sources
  12. Amara montivaga2 sources
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  1. Pale Moonshiner Amara bifrons2 sources
  2. Amara quenseli2 sources
  3. Clubiona brevipes2 sources
  4. Spring Blackclock Pterostichus vernalis2 sources
  5. Copper jumping spider Sibianor aurocinctus2 sources
  6. Syntomus truncatellus2 sources
  7. Trechus quadristriatus2 sources
  8. Swamp crab spider Xysticus ulmi2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records

Where does the beet flea beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the beet flea beetle as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the beet flea beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the beet flea beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyChrysomelidae
  6. genusChaetocnema
  7. SpeciesChaetocnema concinna (Marsham, 1802)

Synonyms Chaetocnema loncinna, Chrysomela concinna

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Brassy flea beetleEnglish
  • dřepčík bronzovýCzech
  • BedejordloppeDanish
  • Nordeuropäischer RübenerdflohGerman
  • juurikaskirppaFinnish
  • テンサイトビハムシJapanese
  • 맵시잎벌레Korean
  • Runkelinė variaspragėLithuanian
  • betejordloppeNorwegian Bokmål
  • BietenaardvloDutch
  • Blauwe bieteaardvloDutch
  • Blauwe bietenaardvloDutch
  • Gedrongen bruine aardvloDutch
  • Groene aardvloDutch
  • Блошка гречишнаяRussian
  • Блошка свекловичнаяRussian
  • skočka stavikrvováSlovak
  • betjordloppaSwedish
  • pilörtsjordloppaSwedish

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the beet flea beetle

Other species in the same genus Chaetocnema.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the beet flea beetle?

An adult beet flea beetle measures 2.1 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the beet flea beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the beet flea beetle as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the beet flea beetle?

The beet flea beetle (Chaetocnema concinna) belongs to the family Chrysomelidae in the order Coleoptera.

What eats the beet flea beetle?

Animals recorded preying on the beet flea beetle include allagelena gracilens, ant-spider, zora spinimana and gorse orbweaver. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Beet flea beetle (Chaetocnema concinna). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/beet-flea-beetle

MLA

“Beet flea beetle (Chaetocnema concinna).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/beet-flea-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{beet_flea_beetle_2026,
  title = {Beet flea beetle (Chaetocnema concinna)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beet-flea-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}