Chrysolina banksii (Fabricius, 1775)
(a leaf beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysolina banksii (a leaf 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)
Records of Chrysolina banksii (a leaf beetle) :
1: Chrysolina banksii (a leaf beetle)
27 Oct 2017 OSGR: TM34 52° 0’ N, 1° 30’ E Vice County: East Suffolk (VC 25) England
Picked off the side of moth trap on morning of 27th after trap running all night. No reason to suggest it was flying.
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cox, M.L. 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland 336pp, Pisces Publications

Chrysolina banksii (a leaf beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysolina banksii (a leaf beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysolina banksii (a leaf beetle)
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