Aspidapion radiolus - Aspidapion radiolus
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Species Description
Widespread and fairly frequent in the southern half of the UK, particularly in the south-east; rare in the north. Habitat includes: Anywhere with Common Mallow such as wasteland, rough grassland, field margins, roadside verges, coasts etc. Very similar to A. soror but that is usually only found on Marsh Mallow and the rostrum is the same length as the pronotum(not longer).