# Chrysolina

Chrysolina is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introduced species in Australia.
The species Chrysolina cerealis and C. graminis are protected in the United Kingdom. All species of Chrysolina are phytophagous, feeding on specific food plants, and some of them have been used for biological control of weeds. To control Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort), C. hyperici was successfully naturalized in Australia in the 1930s and several species, especially C. quadrigemina, were introduced to California in the late 1940s.

## Systematic classification of European species

* Order Coleoptera
    Suborder Polyphaga
       Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802
          Family Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802
             Subfamily Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802
                Genus Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860
                   Subgenus Allochrysolina
                      Chrysolina fuliginosa (Olivier, 1807)
                      Chrysolina lepida (Olivier 1807)
                   Subgenus Anopachys
                      Chrysolina aurichalcea (Mannerheim, 1825)
                      Chrysolina eurina (Frivaldszky, 1883)
                      Chrysolina relucens (Rosenhauer, 1847)
                      Chrysolina schatzmayri (Muller, 1916)
                   Subgenus Arctolina
                      Chrysolina septentrionalis (Menetries, 1851)
                   Subgenus Bechynia
                      Chrysolina milleri (Weise, 1884)
                      Chrysolina philotesia Daccordi & Ruffo, 1980
                      Chrysolina platypoda (Bechyné, 1950)
                      Chrysolina substrangulata Bourdonne, 1986
                   Subgenus Bittotaenia
                      Chrysolina salviae (Germar, 1824)
                   Subgenus Cecchiniola
                      Chrysolina platyscelidina (Jacobson, 1898)
                   Subgenus Centoptera
                      Chrysolina bicolor (Fabricius, 1775)
                   Subgenus Chalcoidea
                      Chrysolina analis (Linnaeus, 1767)
                      Chrysolina carnifex (Fabricius, 1792)
                         Chrysolina carnifex melanaria (Suffrian, 1851)
                      Chrysolina cinctipennis (Harold, 1874)
                      Chrysolina curvilinea (Weise, 1884)
                      Chrysolina hyrcana (Weise, 1884)
                      Chrysolina interstincta (Suffrian, 1851)
                      Chrysolina marginata (Linnaeus, 1758)
                      Chrysolina taygetana Bechyné, 1952
                   Subgenus Chrysolina
                      Chrysolina bankii (Fabricius, 1775)
                      Chrysolina costalis (Olivier, 1807)
                      Chrysolina fortunata (Wollaston, 1864)
                      Chrysolina obsoleta (Brulle, 1838)
                      Chrysolina rufa (Duftschmid, 1825)
                      Chrysolina staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
                      Chrysolina wollastoni Bechyné, 1957
                   Subgenus Chrysomorpha
                      Chrysolina cerealis (Linnaeus, 1767)
                   Subgenus Colaphodes
                      Chrysolina haemoptera (Linnaeus, 1758)
                   Subgenus Colaphoptera
                      Chrysolina globosa (Panzer, 1805)
                      Chrysolina pliginskii (Reitter, 1913)
                      Chrysolina purpurascens (Germar, 1822)
                   Subgenus Colaphosoma
                      Chrysolina sturmi (Westhoff, 1882)
                   Subgenus Craspeda
                      Chrysolina jenisseiensis (Breit, 1920)
                      Chrysolina limbata (Fabricius, 1775)
                   Subgenus Cyrtochrysolina
                      Chrysolina marcasitica (Germar, 1824)
                   Subgenus Erythrochrysa
                      Chrysolina polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
                   Subgenus Euchrysolina
                      Chrysolina graminis (Linnaeus, 1758)
                      Chrysolina virgata (Motschulsky, 1860)
                   Subgenus Heliostola
                      Chrysolina carpathica (Fuss, 1856)
                      Chrysolina lichenis (Richter, 1820)
                      Chrysolina schneideri (Weise, 1882)
                   Subgenus Hypericia
                      Chrysolina brunsvicensis (Gravenhorst, 1807)
                      Chrysolina corcyria (Suffrian, 1851)
                      Chrysolina cuprina (Duftschmid, 1825)
                      Chrysolina didymata (Scriba, 1791)
                      Chrysolina geminata (Paykull, 1799)
                      Chrysolina hyperici (Forster, 1771)
                      Chrysolina quadrigemina (Suffrian, 1851)
                   Subgenus Maenadochrysa
                      Chrysolina affinis (Fabricius, 1787)
                      Chrysolina aveyronenesis Bechyné, 1950
                      Chrysolina baetica (Suffrian, 1851)
                      Chrysolina femoralis (Olivier, 1790)
                   Subgenus Melasomoptera
                      Chrysolina grossa (Fabricius, 1792)
                      Chrysolina lucida (Olivier, 1807)
                      Chrysolina lutea (Petagna, 1819)
                   Subgenus Mimophaedon
                      Chrysolina pourtoyi Bourdonne, 1996
                   Subgenus Ovosoma
                      Chrysolina atrovirens (Frivaldszky, 1876)
                      Chrysolina cretica (Olivier, 1807)
                      Chrysolina halysa Bechyné, 1950
                      Chrysolina orientalis (Olivier, 1807)
                      Chrysolina rhodia Bechyné, 1950
                      Chrysolina sahlbergi (Menetries, 1832)
                      Chrysolina susterai Bechyné, 1950
                      Chrysolina turca (Fairmaire, 1865)
                      Chrysolina vernalis (Brulle, 1832)
                   Subgenus Ovostoma
                      Chrysolina globipennis (Suffrian, 1851)
                      Chrysolina olivieri (Bedel, 1892)
                   Subgenus Palaeosticta
                      Chrysolina diluta (Germar, 1824)
                   Subgenus Rhyssoloma
                      Chrysolina fragariae (Wollaston, 1854)
                   Subgenus Sphaerochrysolina
                      Chrysolina umbratilis (Weise, 1887)
                   Subgenus Sphaeromela
                      Chrysolina varians (Schaller, 1783)
                   Subgenus Stichoptera
                      Chrysolina colasi (Cobos, 1952)
                      Chrysolina grancanariensis (Lindberg, 1953)
                      Chrysolina gypsophilae (Kuster, 1845)
                      Chrysolina latecincta (Demaison, 1896)
                      Chrysolina kuesteri (Helliesen, 1912)
                      Chrysolina lucidicollis (Kuster, 1845)
                      Chrysolina mactata (Fairmaire, 1859)
                      Chrysolina rossia (Illiger, 1802)
                      Chrysolina sanguinolenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
                      Chrysolina stachydis (Gene, 1839)
                      Chrysolina variolosa (Petagna, 1819)
                   Subgenus Sulcicollis
                      Chrysolina chalcites (Germar, 1824)
                      Chrysolina oricalcia (Muller O. F., 1776)
                      Chrysolina peregrina (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839)
                      Chrysolina rufoaenea (Suffrian, 1851)
                   Subgenus Synerga
                      Chrysolina coerulans (Scriba, 1791)
                      Chrysolina herbacea (Duftschmid, 1825)
                      Chrysolina suffriani (Fairmaire, 1859)
                      Chrysolina viridana (Kuster, 1844)
                   Subgenus Taeniochrysea
                      Chrysolina americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
                   Subgenus Taeniosticha
                      Chrysolina reitteri (Weise, 1884)
                   Subgenus Threnosoma
                      Chrysolina cribrosa (Ahrens, 1812)
                      Chrysolina fimbrialis (Kuster, 1845)
                      Chrysolina helopioides (Suffrian, 1851)
                      Chrysolina inflata (Weise, 1916)
                      Chrysolina joliveti Bechyné, 1950
                      Chrysolina obenbergeri Bechyné, 1950
                      Chrysolina obscurella (Suffrian, 1851)
                      Chrysolina osellai (Daccordi & Ruffo, 1979)
                      Chrysolina tagana (Suffrian, 1851)
                      Chrysolina timarchoides (Brisout, 1882)
                      Chrysolina weisei (Frivaldszky, 1883)
                   Subgenus Timarchida
                      Chrysolina deubeli (Ganglbauer, 1897)