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Chrysolina hyperici (Forster, 1771) (a leaf beetle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Chrysolina hyperici Imago 27 June 1998 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Chrysolina hyperici may be covered by literature listed under:

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 hyperici is associated with:

Photos adult Hypericum - St. John's worts (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Hypericum - St. John's worts (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on flower Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Hypericum hirsutum - Hairy St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Hypericum hirsutum - Hairy St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on flower Cox, M.L., 2007
adult Hypericum maculatum - Imperforate St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on flower Cox, M.L., 2007
adult Hypericum maculatum - Imperforate St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Hypericum perforatum - Perforate St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Hypericum perforatum - Perforate St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on flower Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Hypericum tetrapterum - Square-stalked St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Hypericum tetrapterum - Square-stalked St. John’s-wort (Clusiaceae) adult grazes on flower Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Hypericum - St. John's worts (Clusiaceae) larva grazes on leaf Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Hypericum - St. John's worts (Clusiaceae) larva grazes on stem Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Chrysolina hyperici listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Chrysolina hyperici:

is endoparasitoid host of larva Lebia cruxminor - a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Lebia cyanocephala - a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Macquartia dispar - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Macquartia occlusa (Diptera: Tachinidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Macquartia tenebricosa - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
pupa pupa is endoparasitoid host of larva Lebia cyanocephala - a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Cox, M.L., 2007

Chrysolina hyperici may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)
Chrysolina
(a genus of leaf beetles)

References

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

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