''Chrysolina oricalcea'' is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetle of the family

Chrysomelidae The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...

, 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 pot ...

. Around 9 mm in length, it feeds on several plants of the

Apiaceae Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium,'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering p ...

species. It is found in most Europe.

External links

''BioLib''

''Fauna Europaea''

{{Taxonbar , from=Q1319194 Chrysomelinae Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1776 Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller