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

(PESI, 2020).

references

Biondi (1994b), Bukejs & Telnov (2010a), Hubble (2014a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a).