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Chrysolina haemoptera (L., 1758) (Plantain Leaf Beetle)

Suggested Literature

Chrysolina haemoptera 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 haemoptera is associated with:

Photos adult Plantago coronopus - Buck’s-horn Plantain (Plantaginaceae) adult grazes on leaf Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort (Plantaginaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Plantago major - Greater Plantain (Plantaginaceae) adult grazes on leaf Captivity Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Plantago maritima - Sea Plantain (Plantaginaceae) adult grazes on leaf Captivity Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Plantago media - Hoary Plantain (Plantaginaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Linaria vulgaris - Common Toadflax (Scrophulariaceae) adult grazes on leaf Captivity Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Plantago coronopus - Buck’s-horn Plantain (Plantaginaceae) adult may be found on leaf Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Plantago coronopus - Buck’s-horn Plantain (Plantaginaceae) adult may be found under leaf Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos imago Plantago - plantains (Plantaginaceae) imago grazes on leaf Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992 [in sandy, coastal areas]
Photos larva Plantago - plantains (Plantaginaceae) larva grazes on leaf Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992 [in sandy, coastal areas]

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Chrysolina haemoptera:

adult adult is endoparasitoid host of larva Policheta unicolor - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
Belshaw, R., 1993
egg egg is endoparasitoid host of larva Anaphes chrysomelae (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) Cox, M.L., 2007

Chrysolina haemoptera 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

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

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