Chrysolina brunsvicensis (Gravenhorst, 1807)
Taxonomy: Polyphaga > Chrysomeloidea > Chrysomelidae > Chrysolina > Chrysolina brunsvicensis
Description
Size: 5.3-6.3mm
Basic colour: Coppery-red with a brassy reflection.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Sometimes
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Metallic green
Confusion species: Chrysolina hyperici
Basic colour: Coppery-red with a brassy reflection.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Other colour forms: Sometimes
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Metallic green
Confusion species: Chrysolina hyperici
Biology
Status: Widespread in England and Wales.
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Usually St.John's-worts (Hypericum); occasionally others such as ragworts, though probably accidentally.
Overwintering: Unknown location, but adults do overwinter.
Food: Leaves of St.John's-worts (Hypericum)
Other notes: Head metallic green. An alternative colour form is entirely golden-green and may appear quite dark. Pronotum and elytral interstices coarsely punctured and shiny. Elytral punctures form fairly faint, sometimes partly irregular, striae among the smaller interstitial punctures.
Habitat: Various
Host plant: Usually St.John's-worts (Hypericum); occasionally others such as ragworts, though probably accidentally.
Overwintering: Unknown location, but adults do overwinter.
Food: Leaves of St.John's-worts (Hypericum)
Other notes: Head metallic green. An alternative colour form is entirely golden-green and may appear quite dark. Pronotum and elytral interstices coarsely punctured and shiny. Elytral punctures form fairly faint, sometimes partly irregular, striae among the smaller interstitial punctures.