''Chrysolina haemoptera'', also known as the plantain leaf beetle, is a species of

leaf beetle 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 ...

in the genus ''Chrysolina''. They are associated with plantains (''

Plantago ''Plantago'' is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, commonly called plantains or fleaworts. The common name plantain is shared with the unrelated cooking plantain. Most are herbaceous plants, though a ...

''), particularly '' Plantago coronopus''.

Description

''C. haemoptera'' adult beetles measure 5.0–9.0 mm in length. They have a dull blue-black colouration without any metallic reflection.

References

Beetles described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Chrysomelinae {{Chrysomelinae-stub