Chrysolina herbacea (Duftschmid, 1825)
(Mint Leaf Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle)
GenusChrysolina (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCHRYSOMELINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Chrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle) :
1: Chrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle)
20 Jun 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Water Mint, beside pond
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Elytra - sculpture and microsculpture - microscope low magnificationImage 5: Pronotum and elytron (basal angles) - sculpture and microsculpture - microscope low magnificationImage 6: Pronotum - sculpture - microscope low magnification
2: Chrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle)
5 Jun 2005 OSGR: SU36 51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Nettle
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Adult - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Adult - in situ - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Adult - in situ - enlargedImage 5: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background
3: Chrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle)
5 Jun 2005 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Water Mint
Image 1: Adult - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - in situ - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - in situ - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 4: Adult - in situ - enlarged
4: Chrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle)
26 Jun 1977 OSGR: SU84 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
On Mentha
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 5: Adult - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 6: Adult - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 7: Adult - lateral view - enlargedImage 8: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Adult - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 10: Adults - in situ - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Oxford, G., Sivell, D., Dytham, C. & Key, R. 2003 The Jewel of York, ecology and conservation of the Tansy Beetle British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 5: 332-337.

Chrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle)
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