Chrysolina grossa

Chrysolina grossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Genus:	Chrysolina
Species:	C. grossa
Binomial name
Chrysolina grossa (Fabricius, 1792)

C. grossa – Mating pair

Chrysolina grossa is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.

Head and pronotum show metallic blue-green colours, while elytra are bright red. It can be distinguished from Chrysomela populi for its longer antennae and wider pronotum.

It feeds on wild plants of the Lamiaceae species.

It is mainly found in France, Italy, Spain and former Yugoslavia.

Subspecies

• Chrysolina grossa chloromaura (Olivier, 1807)
• Chrysolina grossa grossa (Fabricius, 1792)
• Chrysolina grossa tingitana (Escalera, 1914)

References

• Daccordi, M., 1982 - Chrysomelinae in:Seeno, T.N. & Wilcox, J.A., Leaf beetle genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) - Entomography Publications, Sacramento

External links

• Fauna europea
• Biolib
• Culex.biol.uni.wroc.pl