Chrysolina staphylaea
Length about 9.5 mm. This is a mid brown coloured beetle.
Well vegetated areas, even deciduous woodland.
May to October.
In common with other members of the family it is a leaf feeding species.
Widespread but sometimes local in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 27 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
31 May 2014
specimen examined
Graham Calow
The Grange Fields, Broughton Astley
29 April 2015
Graham Calow
The Grange Fields, Broughton Astley
29 April 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 31/05/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 29/04/2015 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
31 May 2014
specimen examined
Graham Calow
The Grange Fields, Broughton Astley
29 April 2015
Graham Calow
The Grange Fields, Broughton Astley
29 April 2015
