Chrysolina purpurascens (Germar, 1822)

on Lamium, Stachys

parasite

Larvae and adults free on the leaves.

host plants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Lamium galeobdolon, maculatum; Stachys sylvatica.

Perhaps occasionally also on Veronica.

phenology

Hibernation as adult.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

pupa

See Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b).

synonyms

Chrysomela purpurascens; Chrysolina hemisphaerica (Germar, 1817).

references

Drees (2014a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (1996a, 2001b), Winkelman (2013a).