Chrysomela lapponica

Taxonomic position
▼ Chrysomela (genus) ▼ Chrysomelidae ▼ Chrysomeloidea ▼ Coleoptera ▼ Insect pests (plants/storage) ► Pests-diseases-weeds

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Chrysomela lapponica female ovipositing on a birch leaf (Czech Republic).)
Author: Jürgen Gross

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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Synonyms

• Melasoma lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)