Chrysolina staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Chrysolina staphylaea 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 live leaf Achillea millefolium Yarrow Asterales: Asteraceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea millefolium/Achillea millefoliumyarrowliveleaf (early 7-late 10,4-)
larva larva grazes on live leaf Achillea millefolium Yarrow Asterales: Asteraceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea millefolium/Achillea millefoliumyarrowliveleaf
adult adult grazes on live leaf Plantago lanceolata Ribwort, Ribwort Plantain Lamiales: Plantaginaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago lanceolata/Plantago lanceolataribwort, ribwort plantainliveleaf (early 7-late 10,4-)
larva larva grazes on live leaf Plantago lanceolata Ribwort, Ribwort Plantain Lamiales: Plantaginaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago lanceolata/Plantago lanceolataribwort, ribwort plantainliveleaf
adult adult grazes on live leaf Plantago maritima Sea Plantain Lamiales: Plantaginaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/Plantago maritimasea plantainliveleaf (early 7-late 10,4-)
larva larva grazes on live leaf Plantago maritima Sea Plantain Lamiales: Plantaginaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/Plantago maritimasea plantainliveleaf
adult adult grazes on live leaf Major Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercupliveleafMajor (early 7-late 10,4-)
larva larva grazes on live leaf Major Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercupliveleafMajor
adult adult grazes on live leaf [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantsliveleaf (early 7-late 10,4-)
larva larva grazes on live leaf [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/Chrysolina staphylaeaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantsliveleaf

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

Chrysolina staphylaea (a leaf beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysolina staphylaea (a leaf beetle)
GenusChrysolina (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCHRYSOMELINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysolina staphylaea (a leaf beetle)

Chrysolina staphylaea (a leaf beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chrysolina staphylaea (a leaf beetle):

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