Difference between revisions of "Chrysomela lapponica"
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[[File:Chrysomela_lapponica.JPG|250px|thumb|alt=A female of Chrysomela lapponica (elytra red with three black stripes) sits on a birch leaf together with about 30 eggs it has deposited.|''Chrysomela lapponica'' female ovipositing on a birch leaf (Czech Republic).]] | [[File:Chrysomela_lapponica.JPG|250px|thumb|alt=A female of Chrysomela lapponica (elytra red with three black stripes) sits on a birch leaf together with about 30 eggs it has deposited.|''Chrysomela lapponica'' female ovipositing on a birch leaf (Czech Republic).]] | ||
| − | '''''Chrysomela lapponica'' Linnaeus, 1758''' is a leaf beetle feeding on willow and birch in northern and central Europe which can show different colour patterns on its elytra. In the Kola Peninsula of north-west Russia, outbreaks of ''Chrysomela lapponica'' resulted in severe defoliation of the willow species ''Salix borealis'' during the 1990s. | + | '''''Chrysomela lapponica'' Linnaeus, 1758''' is a leaf beetle feeding on willow and birch in northern and central Europe which can show different colour patterns on its elytra. In the Kola Peninsula of north-west Russia, outbreaks of ''Chrysomela lapponica'' resulted in severe defoliation of the willow species ''Salix borealis'' during the 1990s. |
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For more details see the respective page in [[wikipedia:Chrysomela lapponica|Wikipedia]]. | For more details see the respective page in [[wikipedia:Chrysomela lapponica|Wikipedia]]. | ||
===Synonyms=== | ===Synonyms=== | ||
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Chrysomela lapponica Linnaeus, 1758 is a leaf beetle feeding on willow and birch in northern and central Europe which can show different colour patterns on its elytra. In the Kola Peninsula of north-west Russia, outbreaks of Chrysomela lapponica resulted in severe defoliation of the willow species Salix borealis during the 1990s.
For more details see the respective page in Wikipedia.
Synonyms
- Melasoma lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)
