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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Chrysolina » subgenus Chrysolina (Chrysolina subgenus Chrysolina) » Brown Mint Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina staphylaea)

Species Chrysolina staphylaea - Brown Mint Leaf Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Chrysomelinae

Tribe Chrysomelini

Subtribe Doryphorina

Genus Chrysolina

No Taxon (subgenus Chrysolina)

Species staphylaea (Brown Mint Leaf Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Chrysolina staphylaea (Linnaeus 1758)

Numbers

4 sspp. in Eurasia, only the nominate (European) subspecies in NA(1)

Size

7-9 mm

Identification

brown color (only with a slight bronze sheen) is distinctive(2)

Range

Native to Eurasia; introduced to ne. Canada late in the 19th century, known to occur from NF to PQ(2)(3)

Habitat

in Europe, shaded wetlands and meadows, wet forest

Food

Various plants. Mint (Mentha). Also creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), Plantago lanceolata, Plantago maritima and Achillea millefolium

Internet References

Beetles and Beetle Recording in Great Britain

EoL

Works Cited

1.	A study on the genus Chrysolina Motsch. 1860, with a checklist of all the described subgenera, species, subspecies, and synonyms Bieńkowski A.O. 2001. Genus 12: 105-235.

2.	Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 4: Chrysolina staphylaea (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Majka, C.G., and L. Lesage. 2008. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 110(1): 79–86c.

3.	Phloeocharis subtilissima and Cephennium gallicum new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera... Majka C., Klimaszewski J. 2004. Zootaxa 781: 1–15.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 30 March, 2007 - 6:37am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 10 May, 2016 - 4:22pm

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