Chrysolina fastuosa (Scopoli, 1763)
dead-nettle leaf beetle
on Galeopsis, etc.
Hoofddorp, 21.vii.2020 © Laurens van der Linde
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parasite
Larvae and adults free on the leaves.
host plants
Lamiaceae, oligophagous
Ballota nigra; Clinopodium nepeta; Galeopsis angustifolia, bifida, ladanum, reuteri, segetum, speciosa, tetrahit; Lamium album, maculatum; Leonurus cardiaca; Stachys palustris.
Fuss ao, Tischler, argue that larvae develop on Galeopsis only!
phenology
Hibernation as pupa in a cocoon in the soil.
distribution within Europe
larva
See Hennig
pupa
See Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b).
synonyms
Chrysomela, Chrysochloa, Dlochrysa, fastuosa.
references
Biondi (1994b), Borowiec (1984a), Bozsik (2006a, 2014a), Bukejs & Telnov (2010a), Drees (2014a), Farina (2015a), Fuss, Geiser & Patzner (2005a), Gavrilović & Ćurčić (2013a), Gavrilović, Gavrilović, Ćurčić, ao (2014a), Hennig (1938a), Kofler (2011a), Petitpierre i Vall (1994a), Regalin, Bezděk, Penati & Ciapponi (2006a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Rozner & Rozner (2014a), Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b), Tischler (1979a), Troukens (2012b), Vig (1999a), Winkelman (2013a), Winkelman & Debreuil (2008a).