Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Chrysolina
- Chrysolina hyperici
Images
Source: Roger Key
Source: Malcolm Storey / BioImages
Description
Size: 5.0-7.3mm
Basic colour: Dark metallic green or bronze, sometimes reddish, blue-black or almost black.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Sometimes
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour
Confusion species: Chrysolina brunsvicensis
Basic colour: Dark metallic green or bronze, sometimes reddish, blue-black or almost black.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Sometimes
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: As basic colour
Confusion species: Chrysolina brunsvicensis
Biology
Status: Widespread, especially in England and Wales
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Usually St.John's-worts (Hypericum)
Overwintering: Adults do overwinter, although most die by February.
Food: Adults feed on Hypericum leaves & flowers; larvae feed on leaves and stems.
Other notes: Pronotum and elytral interstices dull and very finely punctured. Elytral striae formed of sparse punctures.
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Usually St.John's-worts (Hypericum)
Overwintering: Adults do overwinter, although most die by February.
Food: Adults feed on Hypericum leaves & flowers; larvae feed on leaves and stems.
Other notes: Pronotum and elytral interstices dull and very finely punctured. Elytral striae formed of sparse punctures.