Chrysolina grossa
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Chrysolina grossa is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae
.
Head and pronotum show metallic blue-green colours, while elytra are bright red. It can be distinguished from Chrysomela populi
for its longer antennae and wider pronotum.
It feeds on wild plants of the Lamiaceae
species.
It is mainly found in France
, Italy
, Spain
and former Yugoslavia
.
Chrysomelinae
The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles . There are some 2000 species, found worldwide. The most well-known member is the notorious Colorado potato beetle .-Genera:* Alfius* Cecchiniola...
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Head and pronotum show metallic blue-green colours, while elytra are bright red. It can be distinguished from Chrysomela populi
Chrysomela populi
Chrysomela populi is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.Length is about 10-12 mm...
for its longer antennae and wider pronotum.
It feeds on wild plants of the Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
species.
It is mainly found in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Italy
Italy
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, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
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Subspecies
- Chrysolina grossa chloromaura (Olivier, 1807)
- Chrysolina grossa grossa (Fabricius, 1792)
- Chrysolina grossa tingitana (Escalera, 1914)