| Chrysolina grossa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Chrysolina |
| Subgenus: | Melasomoptera |
| Species: | C. grossa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysolina grossa (Fabricius, 1792) | |
Chrysolina grossa, the red leaf beetle, is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.
Species within this genus include: [1]
This species is mainly found in France, Italy, Spain and former Yugoslavia. [2]
Chrysolina grossa can reach a length of about 10 millimetres (0.39 in). Head and pronotum show metallic blue-green colours, while elytra are bright red. It can be distinguished from Chrysomela populi for its longer antennae and wider pronotum.
It feeds on wild plants of the Lamiaceae species.
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