Chrysolina herbacea

Chrysolina herbacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Chrysolina
Species: C. herbacea
Binomial name
Chrysolina herbacea
(Duftschmid, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Chrysomela herbacea (Duftschmidt, 1825)
  • Chrysomela menthastri (Suffrian, 1851)
  • Chrysomela fulminans (Suffrian, 1851)

Chrysolina herbacea, also known as the Mint Leaf Beetle,[1][2] or Green Mint Beetle (in the UK),[3] is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.

Description

The species is green, with black legs and antennae. Females can range in colour from green to purplish-grey.[4] It can be 8-9mm long and has black coloured larvae,[3] which also feed on the mint leaves.[2]

Visually it may be confused with the much rarer Tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis).[5]

Distribution

It can be found in Germany, Italy, Portugal,[6] Great Britain,[3] the Caucasus, Turkey, and western Central Asia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Common name". Bioimages.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Mint leaf beetle". gardenersworld.com. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Blue mint beetle". rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Description and distribution". Biol.uni.wroc.pl. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  5. ↑ Oxford, G.S.; Sivell, D.; Dytham, C.; Key, R. (2003). "The jewel of York - ecology and conservation of the tansy beetle". British Wildlife. 14: 332–337.
  6. ↑ J. Coelho João Coelho (4 April 2010). "Portuguese distribution". Flickr.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
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