Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 382 No. 382 |
Chrysolina coerulans, also known as the blue mint beetle or blue mint leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is a member of the subgenus Synerga of the genus Chrysolina. It is native to a wide range of countries between mid and eastern Europe and lives alongside rivers and in meadows, it feeds on various plant members of the mint family.
Ancestry Graph
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beetles-->leaf-beetles("family: Leaf Beetles"):::active
leaf-beetles-.->black-punctured-leaf-beetle(["species: black-punctured leaf beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->brassy-willow-beetle(["species: Brassy Willow Beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->clytra-laeviuscula(["species: Clytra laeviuscula"])
leaf-beetles-.->colorado-potato-beetle(["species: Colorado Potato Beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->daffodil-leaf-beetle(["species: Daffodil Leaf-beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->dead-nettle-leaf-beetle(["species: Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->flea-beetles("tribe: Flea Beetles")
leaf-beetles-.->green-dock-beetle(["species: Green Dock Beetle"])
leaf-beetles-.->labidostomis-longimana(["species: Labidostomis longimana"])
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leaf-beetles-.->oulema-melanopus(": Oulema melanopus")
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