''Chrysolina haemoptera'', also known as the plantain leaf beetle, is a species of
leaf beetle in the genus ''Chrysolina''.
They are associated with plantains (''
Plantago''), particularly ''
Plantago coronopus
''Plantago coronopus'', the buck's-horn plantain, is a herbaceous annual to perennial flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. Other common names in the US and Italy include minutina and erba stella.
Description
''Plantago coronopus'' prod ...
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Description
''C. haemoptera'' adult beetles measure 5.0–9.0 mm in length. They have a dull blue-black colouration without any metallic reflection.
References
Beetles described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Chrysomelinae
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