Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Chrysolina coerulans

Chrysolina coerulans (Scriba, 1791)

blue mint beetle

Chrysolina coerulans

Haarlemmermeer, 15.x.2020 © Laurens van der Linde (with bird’s net fungus)

on Mentha. etc.

parasite

Larvae and adults free on the leaves.

host plants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Clinopodium menthifolium; Leonurus cardiaca; Melissa officinalis; Mentha aquatica, arvensis, x gentilis, longifolia, x pipeerita, pulegium, x rotundifolia, suaveolens; Physostegia virginiana; Scutellaria altissima, galericulata.

phenology

Hibernation as adult.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

larva

See Hennig

pupa

See Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b).

synonyms

Chrysochloa, Chrysomela, coerulans.

references

Bukejs (2009c), Bukejs & Telnov (2010a), Drees (2014a), Gavrilović, Gavrilović, Ćurčić, ao (2014a), Gök & Turantepe (2019a), Hennig (1938a), Regalin, Bezděk, Penati & Ciapponi (2006a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Salisbury & Halstead (2012a), Salisbury, Malumphy & Halstead (2012a), Steinhausen (1996a, 2001a,b), Troukens (2012b), Vig (1997a, 1999a), Winkelman (2013a), Winkelman & Debreuil (2008a).

Last modified 11.viii.2023