
''Chrysolina'' is a large
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
leaf beetle
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
s in the subfamily
Chrysomelinae
The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), commonly known as broad-bodied leaf beetles or broad-shouldered leaf beetles. It includes some 3,000 species around the world.
The best-known member is the notorious Colorado po ...
. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and
introduced species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived the ...
in Australia.
The species ''
Chrysolina cerealis'' and ''
C. graminis'' are protected in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. All species of ''Chrysolina'' are
phytophagous
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet. As a result of their plant diet, herbivorous animals typically have mouthpar ...
, feeding on specific food plants, and some of them have been used for
biological control
Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, such as insects, mites, weeds, and plant diseases, using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms, but typically als ...
of
weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
s. To control ''
Hypericum perforatum
''Hypericum perforatum'', known as St. John's wort, is a flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae and the type species of the genus '' Hypericum''.
Possibly a hybrid between '' H. maculatum'' and '' H. attenuatum'', the species can be found ...
'' (St John's wort), ''C. hyperici'' was successfully naturalized in
Australia in the 1930s
[Wilfred William Robbins, Alden Springer Crafts. ''Weed Control: A Textbook and Manual''. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1962. P. 137, 155, 162.] and several species, especially ''C. quadrigemina'', were introduced to
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
in the late 1940s.
[Richard E. White. ''A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. . P. 296.]
Systematic classification of European species
*Order
Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
*:Suborder
Polyphaga
Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles. It comprises 144 families in 16 superfamilies, and displays an enormous variety of specialization and adaptation, with over 350,000 described species, or approximately 90% of the b ...
*::Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea
The Chrysomeloidea are an enormous superfamily of beetles, with tens of thousands of species. The largest families are Cerambycidae, long-horned beetles, with more than 35,000 species, and Chrysomelidae, leaf beetles, with more than 13,000 speci ...
Latreille, 1802
*:::Family
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
Latreille, 1802
*::::Subfamily
Chrysomelinae
The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), commonly known as broad-bodied leaf beetles or broad-shouldered leaf beetles. It includes some 3,000 species around the world.
The best-known member is the notorious Colorado po ...
Latreille, 1802
*:::::Genus ''Chrysolina''
Motschulsky, 1860
*::::::Subgenus ''
Allochrysolina
''Allochrysolina'' is a subgenus of the genus ''Chrysolina
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting Nor ...
''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina fuliginosa
''Chrysolina fuliginosa'' is a species of beetle from a family of Chrysomelidae, that can be found in France, Northern Italy
Northern Italy ( it, Italia settentrionale, it, Nord Italia, label=none, it, Alta Italia, label=none or just it, ...
''
(Olivier
Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to:
* Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
, 1807)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina lepida''
(Olivier
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* Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Olivier (surname), a list of people
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*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
1807)
*::::::Subgenus ''Anopachys''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina aurichalcea''
(Mannerheim
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, 1825)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina eurina
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
( Frivaldszky, 1883)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina relucens''
(Rosenhauer, 1847)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina schatzmayri''
(Muller, 1916)
*::::::Subgenus ''Arctolina''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina septentrionalis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Menetries, 1851)
*::::::Subgenus ''Bechynia''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina milleri
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Weise, 1884)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina philotesia
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Daccordi & Ruffo, 1980
*:::::::''
Chrysolina platypoda
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
( Bechyné, 1950)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina substrangulata
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Bourdonne, 1986
*::::::Subgenus ''Bittotaenia''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina salviae
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
( Germar, 1824)
*::::::Subgenus ''Cecchiniola''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina platyscelidina
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Jacobson, 1898)
*::::::Subgenus ''Centoptera''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina bicolor''
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* Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...
, 1775)
*::::::Subgenus ''Chalcoidea''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina analis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1767)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina carnifex
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
'' melanaria
(Suffrian, 1851)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina carnifex
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
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*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...
, 1792)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina cinctipennis
''Chrysolina cinctipennis'' is a species of leaf beetles in Chrysomelidae family.
Distribution
It lives near the basin Danube, in the Northeast Europe and Central Asia
Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asi ...
''
(Harold, 1874)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina curvilinea''
(Weise, 1884)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina hyrcana
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Weise, 1884)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina interstincta''
(Suffrian, 1851)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina marginata
''Chrysolina marginata'' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2, ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
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*:::::::''
Chrysolina taygetana
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Bechyné, 1952
*::::::Subgenus ''Chrysolina''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina bankii
''Chrysolina bankii'' is a species of leaf beetle native to western Europe and the western Mediterranean Basin (including Macaronesia). It has also been introduced to the US, where its range is expanding.
''Chrysolina banksi'' adults are 8.0-10 ...
''
(Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...
, 1775)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina costalis''
(Olivier
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* Olivier (surname), a list of people
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, 1807)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina fortunata
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
( Wollaston, 1864)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina obsoleta
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introduce ...
''
(Brulle, 1838)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina rufa
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Duftschmid, 1825)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina staphylaea
''Chrysolina staphylaea'' is a species of leaf beetle native to Europe. It has also been found in Eastern Canada, with the first discovery being in Halifax, Nova Scotia in June 1897. The beetle has a reddish-brown body. References
External lin ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina wollastoni
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Bechyné, 1957
*::::::Subgenus ''Chrysomorpha''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina cerealis''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1767)
*::::::Subgenus ''Colaphodes''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina haemoptera
''Chrysolina haemoptera'', also known as the plantain leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the genus ''Chrysolina''. They are associated with plantains ('' Plantago''), particularly ''Plantago coronopus
''Plantago coronopus'', the buck ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
)
*::::::Subgenus ''Colaphoptera''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina globosa''
(Panzer
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, 1805)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina pliginskii
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Reitter, 1913)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina purpurascens
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
( Germar, 1822)
*::::::Subgenus ''Colaphosoma''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina sturmi
''Chrysolina sturmi'' is a metallic purple beetle of the Chrysomelidae family, that can be found in Europe and Western Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as d ...
''
(Westhoff, 1882)
*::::::Subgenus ''Craspeda''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina jenisseiensis''
(Breit, 1920)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina limbata''
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* Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...
, 1775)
*::::::Subgenus ''Cyrtochrysolina''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina marcasitica
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
( Germar, 1824)
*::::::Subgenus ''Erythrochrysa''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina polita
''Chrysolina polita '' is a species of leaf beetle native to Europe.Warchalowski, A. (2003) ''Chrysomelidae. The Leaf-beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean Area''. Warsawa: Natura Optima Dux.
References
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Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
)
*::::::Subgenus ''Euchrysolina''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina graminis''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina virgata''
( Motschulsky, 1860)
*::::::Subgenus ''Fastuolina''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina fastuosa''
( Scopoli, 1763)
*::::::Subgenus ''Heliostola''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina carpathica
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Fuss, 1856)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina lichenis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and intro ...
''
(Richter, 1820)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina schneideri
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Weise, 1882)
*::::::Subgenus ''Hypericia''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina brunsvicensis
''Chrysolina brunsvicensis'' is a species of leaf beetle in the genus ''Chrysolina''. It is associated with plants of the genus ''Hypericum
''Hypericum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae (formerly considered a subfa ...
''
(Gravenhorst, 1807)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina corcyria''
(Suffrian, 1851)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina cuprina''
(Duftschmid, 1825)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina didymata''
(Scriba, 1791)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina geminata
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Paykull, 1799)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina hyperici''
(Forster, 1771)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina quadrigemina
''Chrysolina quadrigemina'' is a beetle of the family Chrysomelidae.
The species was described by Suffrian in 1851. It is native to Europe and North Africa.
It feeds on ''Hypericum perforatum'' and other members of the genus. This plant is an i ...
''
(Suffrian, 1851)
*::::::Subgenus ''Maenadochrysa''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina affinis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
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*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...
, 1787)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina aveyronenesis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Bechyné, 1950
*:::::::''
Chrysolina baetica
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Suffrian, 1851)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina femoralis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Olivier
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* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
, 1790)
*::::::Subgenus ''Melasomoptera''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina grossa
''Chrysolina grossa'', the red leaf beetle, is a species of ''broad-shouldered leaf beetles'' belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.
Subspecies
Species within this genus include:
*''Chrysolina grossa chloromaura '' (Oliv ...
''
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* Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...
, 1792)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina lucida
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Olivier
Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to:
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* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
, 1807)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina lutea
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Petagna, 1819)
*::::::Subgenus ''Mimophaedon''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina pourtoyi
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Bourdonne, 1996
*::::::Subgenus ''Ovosoma''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina atrovirens
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introduce ...
''
( Frivaldszky, 1876)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina cretica''
(Olivier
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, 1807)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina halysa
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Bechyné, 1950
*:::::::''
Chrysolina orientalis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introduce ...
''
(Olivier
Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to:
* Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
, 1807)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina rhodia
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introduce ...
''
Bechyné, 1950
*:::::::''
Chrysolina sahlbergi
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Menetries, 1832)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina susterai
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Bechyné, 1950
*:::::::''
Chrysolina turca
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Fairmaire, 1865)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina vernalis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Brulle, 1832)
*::::::Subgenus ''Ovostoma''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina globipennis''
(Suffrian, 1851)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina olivieri
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Bedel, 1892)
*::::::Subgenus ''Palaeosticta''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina diluta
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
( Germar, 1824)
*::::::Subgenus ''Rhyssoloma''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina fragariae
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
( Wollaston, 1854)
*::::::Subgenus ''Sphaerochrysolina''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina umbratilis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Weise, 1887)
*::::::Subgenus ''Sphaeromela''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina varians
''Chrysolina varians'' is a species of leaf beetle
native to Europe.Warchalowski, A. (2003) ''Chrysomelidae. The Leaf-beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean Area''. Warsawa: Natura Optima Dux.
References
External linksImages representing ' ...
''
(Schaller, 1783)
*::::::Subgenus ''Stichoptera''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina colasi''
(Cobos, 1952)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina grancanariensis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Lindberg, 1953)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina gypsophilae
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introduce ...
''
(Kuster, 1845)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina latecincta
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Demaison, 1896)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina kuesteri
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Helliesen, 1912)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina lucidicollis''
(Kuster, 1845)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina mactata''
(Fairmaire, 1859)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina rossia
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Illiger, 1802)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina sanguinolenta
''Chrysolina sanguinolenta'' is a species of leaf beetle
native to Europe.Warchalowski, A. (2003) ''Chrysomelidae. The Leaf-beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean Area''. Warsawa: Natura Optima Dux.
References
External linksImages represent ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina stachydis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Gene, 1839)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina variolosa
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Petagna, 1819)
*::::::Subgenus ''Sulcicollis''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina chalcites
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introduce ...
''
( Germar, 1824)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina oricalcia
''Chrysolina oricalcea'' is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetle of the family Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species ...
''
(Muller O. F., 1776)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina peregrina
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina rufoaenea''
(Suffrian, 1851)
*::::::Subgenus ''Synerga''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina coerulans
''Chrysolina coerulans'', also known as the blue mint beetle or blue mint leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is in the subgenus of ''Synerga''. It is native to a wide range of countries between mid and eastern Eur ...
''
(Scriba, 1791)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina herbacea''
(Duftschmid, 1825)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina suffriani
''Chrysolina suffriani'' is a species of beetle from the Chrysomelidae family, inhabits in Sardinia, Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea a ...
''
(Fairmaire, 1859)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina viridana
''Chrysolina viridana'' is a species of beetle from a Chrysomelidae family.
Distribution
The species lives in Mediterranean region, in areas like Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Southern Italy, Spain, Portugal and North Africa
North Africa, or N ...
''
(Kuster, 1844)
*::::::Subgenus ''Taeniochrysea''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina americana''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
)
*::::::Subgenus ''Taeniosticha''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina reitteri
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Weise, 1884)
*::::::Subgenus ''Threnosoma''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina cribrosa''
(Ahrens, 1812)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina fimbrialis
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Kuster, 1845)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina helopioides
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Suffrian, 1851)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina inflata
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Weise, 1916)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina joliveti
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Bechyné, 1950
*:::::::''
Chrysolina obenbergeri
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
Bechyné, 1950
*:::::::''
Chrysolina obscurella
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Suffrian, 1851)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina osellai
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Daccordi & Ruffo, 1979)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina tagana
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
(Suffrian, 1851)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina timarchoides''
(Brisout, 1882)
*:::::::''
Chrysolina weisei
''Chrysolina'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introdu ...
''
( Frivaldszky, 1883)
*::::::Subgenus ''Timarchida''
*:::::::''
Chrysolina deubeli''
(Ganglbauer, 1897)
See also
*
List of Chrysolina species
References
Fauna europaeaBiolib
External links
*
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1318293
Chrysomelinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky