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Chrysolina fastuosa (Scopoli, 1763) (Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds), 2006 (Colour photograph) A Coleopterist's handbook

Chrysolina fastuosa may also 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 fastuosa is associated with:

Photos adult Lamiaceae - dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Galeopsis - hemp-nettles (Lamiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Galeopsis tetrahit agg. - common hemp-nettle [agg.] (Lamiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Lamium - dead-nettles (Lamiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Lamium album - White Dead-nettle (Lamiaceae) adult grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) adult may be found on Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Lamiaceae - dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae nocturnal larva grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Galeopsis - hemp-nettles (Lamiaceae) nocturnal larva grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Galeopsis tetrahit agg. - common hemp-nettle [agg.] (Lamiaceae) nocturnal larva grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Lamium - dead-nettles (Lamiaceae) nocturnal larva grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Lamium album - White Dead-nettle (Lamiaceae) nocturnal larva grazes on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Lamiaceae - dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae diurnal larva may be found in fruiting calyx Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Galeopsis - hemp-nettles (Lamiaceae) diurnal larva may be found in fruiting calyx Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Galeopsis tetrahit agg. - common hemp-nettle [agg.] (Lamiaceae) diurnal larva may be found in fruiting calyx Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Lamium - dead-nettles (Lamiaceae) diurnal larva may be found in fruiting calyx Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Lamium album - White Dead-nettle (Lamiaceae) diurnal larva may be found in fruiting calyx Cox, M.L., 2007

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Chrysolina fastuosa:

is endoparasitoid host of larva Macquartia grisea - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993

Chrysolina fastuosa 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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