Chrysolina americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Rosemary Leaf-beetle, Rosemary Beetle)

Interactions where Chrysolina americana 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
adult adult grazes on live leaf (at shoot tip) 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 americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamiaceaedead-nettles, mints and scented herbsliveleaf (at shoot tip) (5-6,9-early 4)
adult adult grazes on live leaf (at shoot tip) UK/IrelandMajor Lavandula lavenders Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
Heavy infestation of Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in west Kent, 2006-2007, Buller, S., 2008
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lavandula/Lavandulalavendersliveleaf (at shoot tip)Major (5-6,9-early 4)
larva larva grazes on live leaf UK/IrelandMajor Lavandula lavenders Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
Heavy infestation of Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in west Kent, 2006-2007, Buller, S., 2008
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lavandula/LavandulalavendersliveleafMajor (2-early 5)
adult adult grazes on live leaf (at shoot tip) Perovskia Russian sage Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Perovskia/PerovskiaRussian sageliveleaf (at shoot tip) (5-6,9-early 4)
larva larva grazes on live leaf Perovskia Russian sage Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Perovskia/PerovskiaRussian sageliveleaf (2-early 5)
adult adult grazes on live leaf (at shoot tip) UK/IrelandMajor Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
Heavy infestation of Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in west Kent, 2006-2007, Buller, S., 2008
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
CSL Pest Risk Analysis For Chrysolina americana, MacLeod, A., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Rosmarinus officinalis/Rosmarinus officinalisrosemaryliveleaf (at shoot tip)Major (5-6,9-early 4)
larva larva grazes on live leaf UK/IrelandMajor Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
Heavy infestation of Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in west Kent, 2006-2007, Buller, S., 2008
CSL Pest Risk Analysis For Chrysolina americana, MacLeod, A., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Rosmarinus officinalis/Rosmarinus officinalisrosemaryliveleafMajor (2-early 5)
adult adult grazes on live leaf (at shoot tip) Salvia claries Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Salvia/Salviaclariesliveleaf (at shoot tip) (5-6,9-early 4)
larva larva grazes on live leaf Salvia claries Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Salvia/Salviaclariesliveleaf (2-early 5)
adult adult grazes on live leaf (at shoot tip) Salvia officinalis Sage Lamiales: Lamiaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Salvia officinalis/Salvia officinalissageliveleaf (at shoot tip) (5-6,9-early 4)
adult adult grazes on live petal UK/Ireland Salvia officinalis Sage Lamiales: Lamiaceae Heavy infestation of Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in west Kent, 2006-2007, Buller, S., 2008
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Salvia officinalis/Salvia officinalissagelivepetal (5-6,9-early 4)
adult adult grazes on live leaf (at shoot tip) Thymus thymes Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus/Thymusthymesliveleaf (at shoot tip) (5-6,9-early 4)
larva larva grazes on live leaf Thymus thymes Lamiales: Lamiaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus/Thymusthymesliveleaf (2-early 5)
adult adult grazes on live leaf (at shoot tip) Thymus vulgaris Garden Thyme Lamiales: Lamiaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
CSL Pest Risk Analysis For Chrysolina americana, MacLeod, A., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus vulgaris/Thymus vulgarisgarden thymeliveleaf (at shoot tip) (5-6,9-early 4)

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Meigenia dorsalis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Meigenia dorsalis/Meigenia dorsalisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetlelarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
egg is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Anaphes chrysomelae a fairyfly Hymenoptera: Mymaridae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Mymaridae/Anaphes chrysomelae/Anaphes chrysomelaea fairyflylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina americana/Chrysolina americanarosemary leaf-beetle, rosemary beetleegg larva is endoparasitoid of egg

Author & YearTitleSource
RHSRHS Gardening For Allwww.rhs.org.uk/index.asp
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buller, S., 2008Heavy infestation of Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in west Kent, 2006-2007Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 21: 142.
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
MacLeod, A., 2005CSL Pest Risk Analysis For Chrysolina americanaPRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.

Chrysolina americana (Rosemary Leaf-beetle, Rosemary Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chrysolina americana (Rosemary Leaf-beetle, Rosemary Beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysolina americana (Rosemary Leaf-beetle, Rosemary 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 americana (Rosemary Leaf-beetle, Rosemary Beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cox, M.L. 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland 336pp, Pisces Publications
Menzies, I. 2003 Rosemary Beetle Vol 14, No. 4 Page: 280

Chrysolina americana (Rosemary Leaf-beetle, Rosemary Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Buller, S. 2008 Heavy infestation of Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in west Kent, 2006-2007 Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 21: 142.
MacLeod, A. 2005 CSL Pest Risk Analysis For Chrysolina americana PRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Chrysolina americana (Rosemary Leaf-beetle, Rosemary Beetle):

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