Length: 2.3-3.5mm. Upperside bright metallic green, with blue or coppery tones at the edges. As with other 'flea' beetles it has swollen hind legs which allow it to jump strongly when threatened. All Crepidodera have two short furrows on the pronotum, connected with a transverse groove. This species has a pronotum with sinuate sides at the base and coarse punctures in the centre. The antennae are pale at the base and darken apically but without a clear-cut transition.

• Pronotum with a pair of latero-basal furrows, connected with a transverse impression
• Regular elytral punctures in rows
• Upperside all metallic green or coppery (might have bluish edge tones)
• Antennae pale at the base, graduating darker apically
• Pronotum slightly sinuate with deep coarse punctures.
• Yellow legs, except hind femora which are dark apically

Willows and other deciduous trees.

Summer into autumn.

Widespread and quite common in Britain.

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 66 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.