Gastrophysa viridula (De Geer, 1775)
green dock beetle, dock leaf beetle
on dock
parasite
Larvae and adults free on the leaves.
host plants
Polygonaceae, monophagous
Rumex alpinus, aquaticus, confertus, crispus, hydrolapathum, obtusifolius, patientia.
Rarely Fagopyrum esculentum; Oxyria; Persicaria amphibia, hydropiper; Polygonum aculare; Rheum; Reynoutria japonica.
When food plants are scarce all sorts of other plants are consumed.
phenology
Hibernation as imago.
distribution within Europe
larva
See Hennig
pupa
See Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b).
synonyms
Gastroidea viridula.
references
Borowiec (1984a), Bukejs (2009h), Fuss, Geiser & Patzner (2005a), Gök & Turantepe (2019a), Grossrieder & Keary (2004a), Hennig (1938a), Hubble (2010a), Jolivet (1951a), Kofler (2011a), Maican & Serafim (2018a), Martinková & Honěk (2004a), Petitpierre i Vall (1994a), Penati & Ciapponi (2006a), Petitpierre (1988), Piesik, Ligor, Buszewski & Delaney (2012a), Recalde, Agolz & Petitpierre (2001a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Salisbury & Platoni (2013a), Steinhausen (1996a, 2001a,b), Tiberghien (2017a), Tomov, Gruev, Vig & Merk (1996a), Winkelman (2013a), Winkelman & Debreuil (2008a).