Chrysolina hyperici
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Chrysolina |
| Species: | C. hyperici
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysolina hyperici Forster, 1771
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Chrysolina (Hypericia) hyperici hyperici (Forster, 1771) | |
Chrysolina hyperici, the Saint John's Wort Beetle is a species of beetles of the family Chrysomelidae.[1]
Life cycle[]
The species lays up to 2.000 eggs on the host plant during the fall. Larvae emerge in the spring. They spend the winter as adults or eggs.
Distribution[]
Originally distributed in Europa and Asia, it has been introduced in other places as biological control of Hypericum perforatum.[2][3][4][5]
References[]
- ^ Bugguide.net. Species Chrysolina hyperici - St. Johnswort Beetle
- ^ Huffaker, C. B. and C. E. Kennett (1959). A ten-year study of vegetation change associated with biological control of Klamath weed. 12: 69-82.
- ^ Peter Jay Morin. Community Ecology. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. ISBN 0-86542-350-4. P. 106-107.
- ^ Gilbert Waldbauer. What Good are Bugs?: Insects in the Web of Life. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-674-01027-2. P. 158.
- ^ Richard E. White. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. ISBN 0-395-91089-7. P. 296.
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Categories:
- Chrysomelinae
- Biological pest control
- Beetles described in 1771
- Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster
- Chrysomelinae stubs