Chrysolina cerealis (Linnaeus, 1767)

rainbow leaf beetle, snowdon beetle

on Thymus, etc.

parasite

Larvae and adults free on the leaves.

host plants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Clinopodium; Mentha; Origanum Satureja; Sideritis; Thymus praecox subsp. polytrichus, pulegioides.

phenology

Hibernation as larva.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

pupa

See Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b).

references

Benedikt (2014a), Biondi (1994b), Bukejs & Telnov (2010a), Hubble (2014a), National Museums Liverpool (2017a), Regalin, Bezděk, Penati & Ciapponi (2006a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (1985a, 1996a, 2001b), Winkelman (2013a).