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; OriganumSatureja; Sideritis; Thymus praecox subsp. polytrichus.
phenology
Hibernation as larva.
distribution within Europe
pupa
See Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b).
references
Biondi (1994b), Bukejs & Telnov (2010a), Hubble (2014a), Regalin, Bezděk, Penati & Ciapponi (2006a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (1985a, 1996a, 2001b).