Chrysolina oricalcia (Müller, O.F., 1776)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Chrysolina oricalcia 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
larva (crepuscular & nocturnal)		crepuscular & nocturnal larva grazes on live leaf			APIACEAE	umbellifers	Apiales	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle		crepuscular & nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/	Apiaceae	umbellifers		live	leaf				(4-5)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Aegopodium podagraria	Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’S Weed	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/	Aegopodium podagraria	ground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weed	?		pollen				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult grazes on live leaf			Aegopodium podagraria	Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’S Weed	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/	Aegopodium podagraria	ground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weed		live	leaf				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Anthriscus sylvestris	Cow Parsley, Keck	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Anthriscus sylvestris/	Anthriscus sylvestris	cow parsley, keck	?		pollen				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult grazes on live leaf			Anthriscus sylvestris	Cow Parsley, Keck	Apiales: Apiaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Anthriscus sylvestris/	Anthriscus sylvestris	cow parsley, keck		live	leaf		Major		(3-)5-6(-10)
larva (crepuscular & nocturnal)		crepuscular & nocturnal larva grazes on live leaf			Anthriscus sylvestris	Cow Parsley, Keck	Apiales: Apiaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle		crepuscular & nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Anthriscus sylvestris/	Anthriscus sylvestris	cow parsley, keck		live	leaf		Major		(4-5)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Chaerophyllum aureum	Golden Chervil	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Chaerophyllum aureum/	Chaerophyllum aureum	golden chervil	?		pollen				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult grazes on live leaf			Chaerophyllum aureum	Golden Chervil	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Chaerophyllum aureum/	Chaerophyllum aureum	golden chervil		live	leaf				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Cicuta virosa	Cowbane	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Cicuta virosa/	Cicuta virosa	cowbane	?		pollen				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult grazes on live leaf			Cicuta virosa	Cowbane	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Cicuta virosa/	Cicuta virosa	cowbane		live	leaf				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Conium maculatum	Hemlock	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Conium maculatum/	Conium maculatum	hemlock	?		pollen				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult grazes on live leaf			Conium maculatum	Hemlock	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Conium maculatum/	Conium maculatum	hemlock		live	leaf				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Heracleum sphondylium/	Heracleum sphondylium	hogweed	?		pollen				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult grazes on live leaf			Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Heracleum sphondylium/	Heracleum sphondylium	hogweed		live	leaf				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Torilis japonica	Upright Hedge-parsley	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Torilis japonica/	Torilis japonica	upright hedge-parsley	?		pollen				(3-)5-6(-10)
adult		adult grazes on live leaf			Torilis japonica	Upright Hedge-parsley	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Torilis japonica/	Torilis japonica	upright hedge-parsley		live	leaf		Major		(3-)5-6(-10)

Interactions where Chrysolina oricalcia 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
		is endoparasitoid host of larva			Macquartia grisea	a parasitoid fly	Diptera: Tachinidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Macquartia grisea/	Macquartia grisea	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/	Chrysolina oricalcia	a leaf beetle								larva is endoparasitoid of

Chrysolina oricalcia (a leaf beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Chrysolina oricalcia (a leaf 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
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chrysolina oricalcia (a leaf 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 oricalcia 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 oricalcia (a leaf beetle)

Chrysolina oricalcia (a leaf beetle) may 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 oricalcia (a leaf 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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