Chrysolina cerealis (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Rainbow Leaf Beetle)

Interactions where Chrysolina cerealis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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
imago imago may be found on plant Foreign Clinopodium calamintha Lesser Calamint Lamiales: Lamiaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Plant / resting place / onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium calamintha/Clinopodium calaminthalesser calamintplant (4-early 10)
imago imago may be found on plant Foreign Mentha mints Lamiales: Lamiaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Plant / resting place / onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsplant (4-early 10)
imago imago may be found on plant Foreign Satureja montana Winter Savory Lamiales: Lamiaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Plant / resting place / onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Satureja montana/Satureja montanawinter savoryplant (4-early 10)
imago imago grazes on flower Restricted Thymus polytrichus Wild Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae 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 cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeflowerSole
imago imago grazes on leaf Restricted Thymus polytrichus Wild Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae 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 cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeleafSole
imago imago grazes on stem Restricted Thymus polytrichus Wild Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae 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 cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymestemSole
imago imago may be found on base of plant Thymus polytrichus Wild Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae 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 cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymebaseplant (4-early 10)
imago imago may be found on plant Thymus polytrichus Wild Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae 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 cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeplant (4-early 10)
larva Restricted larva grazes on leaf Restricted Thymus polytrichus Wild Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae 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 cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeleafSole
larva Restricted larva grazes on flower Restricted Thymus polytrichus Wild Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae 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 cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeflowerSole
larva larva grazes on stem Restricted Thymus polytrichus Wild Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae 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 cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymestemSole
imago imago may be found on plant Foreign Thymus serpyllum Breckland Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Plant / resting place / onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus serpyllum/Thymus serpyllumBreckland thymeplant (4-early 10)

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

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

Chrysolina cerealis (Rainbow Leaf Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysolina cerealis (Rainbow 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)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial 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 cerealis (Rainbow Leaf Beetle)

Chrysolina cerealis (Rainbow 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 cerealis (Rainbow Leaf Beetle):

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