BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Chrysolina varians (Schaller, 1783) (a leaf beetle)
Suggested Literature
Chrysolina varians may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
HEXAPODA (hexapods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
COLEOPTERA (beetles) |
CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Chrysolina varians is associated with:
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adult | Hypericum - St. John's worts (Clusiaceae) | nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf | Cox, M.L., 2007 Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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adult | Hypericum hirsutum - Hairy St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) | nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf | Cox, M.L., 2007 | |
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adult | Hypericum perforatum - Perforate St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) | nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf | Cox, M.L., 2007 | |
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adult | Hypericum pulchrum - Slender St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) | nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf | Cox, M.L., 2007 | |
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adult | Hypericum tetrapterum - Square-stalked St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) | nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf | Cox, M.L., 2007 | |
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larva | Hypericum - St. John's worts (Clusiaceae) | larva grazes on live leaf | 
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Cox, M.L., 2007 Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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larva | Hypericum - St. John's worts (Clusiaceae) | larva may be found on dried flower head |
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Cox, M.L., 2007 Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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larva | Hypericum - St. John's worts (Clusiaceae) | larva may be found under live leaf |
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Cox, M.L., 2007 Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
There may be more taxa associated with Chrysolina varians listed at higher taxonomic level
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COLEOPTERA (beetles) |
Associated with Chrysolina varians:
| larva (late instar) | larva (late instar) is endoparasitoid host of larva | Lebia chlorocephala - a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) | Cox, M.L., 2007 | ||
| larva (late instar) | larva (late instar) is endoparasitoid host of larva | Lebia cruxminor - a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) | Cox, M.L., 2007 | ||
| larva | larva is endoparasitoid host of larva | Meigenia dorsalis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) | 
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Belshaw, R., 1993 | |
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larva | larva is endoparasitoid host of larva | Macquartia praefica - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) |
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Belshaw, R., 1993 |
| larva | larva is endoparasitoid host of larva | Macquartia tenebricosa - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) | Belshaw, R., 1993 | ||
| pupa | pupa is endoparasitoid host of larva | Lebia chlorocephala - a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) | Cox, M.L., 2007 | ||
| pupa | pupa is endoparasitoid host of larva | Lebia cruxminor - a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) | Cox, M.L., 2007 |
Chrysolina varians may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
COLEOPTERA (beetles) |
CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles) |
Chrysolina (a genus of leaf beetles) |
References
| Belshaw, R., 1993 | Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) |
| Bullock, J.A., 1992 | Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations |
| Cox, M.L., 2007 | Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland |
