Image to followAI-generated illustrationProsternon tessellatum
Prosternon tessellatum
Family: ElateridaeGenus: Prosternonnative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
🌿
12
Plants
visited
🔗
15
Interactions
documented
About this species
Prosternon tessellatum is a click beetle (family Elateridae) recorded in Great Britain. Adults are active in June. The body measures approximately 1.1 centimetres long, with a width of 3.8 millimetres and a height of 2.0 millimetres, giving it a moderately rounded profile. The elytra are 7.3 millimetres long and the pronotum is about 3.0 millimetres long by 3.1 millimetres wide. The body is covered in fine setae, especially dense on the dorsal surface of the head and across the abdomen.
Ecological network
Click to highlight connections · Click again to open the species page
Loading network...
Prey / FoodPlant food
Yearly cycle
Adults are recorded as active during June.
Merkmale
Körper
Body length
1.1232 cm
Weight
0.03432 g
Scientific profile
Morphological measurements include a body mass of 0.034 grams and an antenna length of 2.9 millimetres. The compound eyes have an area of 0.15 square millimetres, while the mandibles are 0.67 millimetres long with a proximal width of 0.24 millimetres. The hindwings span an area of 57 square millimetres, yielding a wing loading of 0.6 and an aspect ratio of 2.47. Leg segments fall within 2.3–2.6 millimetres for femora and tibiae, with the hind femora slightly wider than the front and mid femora. Dorsal head hairiness reaches 23.7, whereas ventral abdomen hairiness measures 18.5. The species exhibits no measured sexual dimorphism. Allometric residuals suggest a relatively shorter head and longer wings compared with body size expectations.
Visited plants
12 plants are visited by this species
Galium mollugoVicia craccaGeranium sylvaticumAnthriscus sylvestrisHeracleum sphondyliumEuphorbia cyparissiasGalium saxatileArnica montana subsp. montanaSolidago virgaurea subsp. virgaureaTanacetum vulgarePopulus tremulaUrtica dioica
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•Hagge et al. (2021) — Saproxylic Beetle Morphological Trait Database, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.2fqz612p3 (CC0 1.0)
All data is licensed under CC BY 4.0, CC0, or compatible terms. Attribution according to license conditions. Full source overview →