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Chrysolina grossa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Chrysomeloidea

Scientific name
  
Chrysolina grossa

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Family
  
Chrysomelidae

Rank
  
Species

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Chrysolina grossa


Chrysolina grossa is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.

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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.

Subspecies

  • Chrysolina grossa chloromaura (Olivier, 1807)
  • Chrysolina grossa grossa (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Chrysolina grossa tingitana (Escalera, 1914)

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