Chrysolina graminis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Tansy Beetle)

Interactions where Chrysolina graminis is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Achillea ptarmica	Sneezewort	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea ptarmica/	Achillea ptarmica	sneezewort			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Achillea ptarmica	Sneezewort	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea ptarmica/	Achillea ptarmica	sneezewort			leaf
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Artemisia	mugworts	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Artemisia	mugworts	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			leaf
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Tanacetum vulgare	Tansy	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum vulgare/	Tanacetum vulgare	tansy			leaf		Sole		(4-early 10)
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Tanacetum vulgare	Tansy	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum vulgare/	Tanacetum vulgare	tansy			leaf		Sole
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Anchusa arvensis	Bugloss	Boraginaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Anchusa arvensis/	Anchusa arvensis	bugloss			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Anchusa arvensis	Bugloss	Boraginaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Anchusa arvensis/	Anchusa arvensis	bugloss			leaf
adult		adult grazes on leaf			LAMIACEAE	dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs	Lamiales	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/	Lamiaceae	dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			LAMIACEAE	dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs	Lamiales	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/	Lamiaceae	dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs			leaf
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Mentha aquatica	Water Mint	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/	Mentha aquatica	water mint			leaf				(4-early 10)
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Mentha aquatica	Water Mint	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/	Mentha aquatica	water mint			leaf
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Mentha pulegium	Pennyroyal	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha pulegium/	Mentha pulegium	pennyroyal			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Mentha pulegium	Pennyroyal	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha pulegium/	Mentha pulegium	pennyroyal			leaf
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Mentha suaveolens x longifolia = M. x rotundifolia	false apple-mint	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha suaveolens x longifolia = M. x rotundifolia/	Mentha suaveolens x longifolia = M. x rotundifolia	false apple-mint			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Mentha suaveolens x longifolia = M. x rotundifolia	false apple-mint	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha suaveolens x longifolia = M. x rotundifolia/	Mentha suaveolens x longifolia = M. x rotundifolia	false apple-mint			leaf
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Stachys palustris	Marsh Woundwort	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Stachys palustris/	Stachys palustris	marsh woundwort			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Stachys palustris	Marsh Woundwort	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Stachys palustris/	Stachys palustris	marsh woundwort			leaf

Interactions where Chrysolina graminis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		adult is endoparasitoid host of larva			Policheta unicolor	a parasitoid fly	Diptera: Tachinidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Policheta unicolor/	Policheta unicolor	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult				larva is endoparasitoid of adult
		is endoparasitoid host of larva			Macquartia tenebricosa	a parasitoid fly	Diptera: Tachinidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 Macquartia tenebricosa ab. nitida Meig. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Chrysolina graminis L. (Col., Chrysomelidae), Drummond, D.C., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Macquartia tenebricosa/	Macquartia tenebricosa	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle								larva is endoparasitoid of
		larva (early instart) is predated by			Lasius niger	Small Black Ant	Hymenoptera: Formicidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Lasius niger/	Lasius niger	small black ant					Animal / predator		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle	?			larva (early instart)				is predator of larva (early instart)
(diapausing)		diapausing pupa is predated by			Talpa europaea	Mole, European Mole	Insectivora: Talpidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Talpidae/Talpa europaea/	Talpa europaea	mole, european mole					Animal / predator		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle		diapausing		pupa				is predator of diapausing pupa
(overwintering)		overwintering adult is predated by			Talpa europaea	Mole, European Mole	Insectivora: Talpidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Talpidae/Talpa europaea/	Talpa europaea	mole, european mole					Animal / predator		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle		overwintering		adult				is predator of overwintering adult

Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chrysolina
(a genus of leaf beetles)

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Belshaw, R., 1993	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Drummond, D.C., 1952	Macquartia tenebricosa ab. nitida Meig. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Chrysolina graminis L. (Col., Chrysomelidae)	EMM 88: 46.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle)
Genus	Chrysolina (a genus of leaf beetles)
Subfamily	CHRYSOMELINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chrysolina graminis is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Chrysomelidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cox, M.L.	2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
	Drummond, D.C.	1952	Macquartia tenebricosa ab. nitida Meig. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Chrysolina graminis L. (Col., Chrysomelidae)	EMM 88: 46.
	Oxford, G., Sivell, D., Dytham, C. & Key, R.	2003	The Jewel of York, ecology and conservation of the Tansy Beetle	British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 5: 332-337.

Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle):

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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