Spanish bean beetle

univoltine seed beetle Bruchus affinis Frölich, 1799 is native to most countries of the western Palaearctic Region (Anton 2010). It has been found there as a seed predator of several species of Lathyrus and to some extent Vicia faba L, (broadbeans) (Bashar et al. 1987, 1990; Delobel and Delobel 2006). Bruchus affinis adults use pollen and nectar of various Lathyrus species for food but require feeding on pollen of L. latifolius L. or L. sylvestris L. to terminate sexual diapause and commence oviposition on newly formed pods (Bashar et al. 1987, 1990).