Chrysolina coerulans (Scriba, 1791)
blue mint beetle
on Mentha. etc.
parasite
Larvae and adults free on the leaves.
host plants
Lamiaceae, oligophagous
Clinopodium menthifolium; Leonurus cardiaca; Melissa officinalis; Mentha aquatica, longifolia, pulegium, x rotundifolia; Physostegia virginiana; Scutellaria altissima, galericulata.
phenology
Hibernation as adult.
distribution within Europe
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).