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Gastrophysa polygoni

Synonyms: Chrysomela polygoni (homotypic); Gastroidea polygoni

Wikipedia Abstract

Gastrophysa polygoni is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The species can be up to 5mm long and is green-blue in colour. The thorax is orange and the wing cases are a metallic green, and the beetle can be seen in spring and summer.
View Wikipedia Record: Gastrophysa polygoni

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Convolvulus arvensis (perennial morningglory)[1]
Persicaria maculosa (Redshank)[2]
Polygonum aviculare aviculare (prostrate knotweed)[1]
Rumex crispus (narrowleaf dock)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Cliff Swallow)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0