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Chrysolina
Chrysolina is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introduced species in Australia.
The species Chrysolina cerealis and C. graminis are protected in the United Kingdom. All species of Chrysolina are phytophagous, feeding on specific food plants, and some of them have been used for biological control of weeds. To control Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort), C. hyperici was successfully naturalized in Australia in the 1930s and several species, especially C. quadrigemina, were introduced to California in the late 1940s.
54 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chrysolina
subgenusChrysolina
Taeniochrysea
subgenusTaeniochrysea
Synerga
subgenusSynerga
Hypericia
subgenusHypericia
Stichoptera
subgenusStichoptera
Erythrochrysa
subgenusErythrochrysa
Colaphosoma
subgenusColaphosoma
Colaphodes
subgenusColaphodes
Melasomoptera
subgenusMelasomoptera
Anopachys
subgenusAnopachys
Sulcicollis
subgenusSulcicollis
Euchrysolina
subgenusEuchrysolina
Sphaeromela
subgenusSphaeromela
Chalcoidea
subgenusChalcoidea
Lithopteroides
subgenusLithopteroides
Palaeosticta
subgenusPalaeosticta
Ovosoma
subgenusOvosoma
Chersomela
subgenusChersomela
Zeugotaenia
subgenusZeugotaenia
Chrysomorpha
subgenusChrysomorpha
Chrysolinopsis
subgenusChrysolinopsis
Atechna
subgenusAtechna
Maenadochrysa
subgenusMaenadochrysa
Pierryvettia
subgenusPierryvettia
Polystictella
subgenusPolystictella
Colaphoptera
subgenusColaphoptera
Ovostoma
subgenusOvostoma
Centoptera
subgenusCentoptera
Taeniosticha
subgenusTaeniosticha
Allochrysolina
subgenusAllochrysolina
Threnosoma
subgenusThrenosoma
Chrysolina kinabaluensis
speciesChrysolina kinabaluensis
Timarchoptera
subgenusTimarchoptera
Naluhia
subgenusNaluhia
Chrysocrosita
subgenusChrysocrosita
Allohypericia
subgenusAllohypericia
Arctolina
subgenusArctolina
Vittatochrysa
subgenusVittatochrysa
Cyrtochrysolina
subgenusCyrtochrysolina
Bechynia
subgenusBechynia
Crositops
subgenusCrositops
Rhyssoloma
subgenusRhyssoloma
Diachalcoidea
subgenusDiachalcoidea
Bittotaenia
subgenusBittotaenia
Pezocrosita
subgenusPezocrosita
Jeanclaudia
subgenusJeanclaudia
Chrysolina eburnipennis
speciesChrysolina eburnipennis
Sibiriella
subgenusSibiriella
Chrysolina corrugata
speciesChrysolina corrugata
Pleurosticha
subgenusPleurosticha
Heliostola
subgenusHeliostola
Ghesquiereita
subgenusGhesquiereita
Cecchiniola
subgenusCecchiniola
Ambrostomima
subgenusAmbrostomima
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61902.