Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykull, 1799)
(Viburnum Leaf Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle)
TribeGalerucini (a tribe of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyGALERUCINAE (a subfamily of leaf and flea 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 Pyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle) :
1: Pyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle)
15 Oct 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Several adults including 2 pairs in cop, on Laurestinus leaves
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Pyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle)
8 Jun 2006 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Larvae on undersides of leaves of Guelder Rose
Image 1: Larva - contracted - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Larva - contracted - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Larva - contracted - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Larva - contracted - lateral view - enlargedImage 5: Larva - crawling through hole in leaf - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 8: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 9: Larva - dorsal view - enlargedImage 10: Larva - extended - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Larva - extended - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Larva - extended - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 13: Larva - extended - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 14: Larva - extended - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 15: Larva - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 16: Larva - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 17: Larva - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 18: Larva - lateral view - enlargedImage 19: Larva - ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 20: Pupa - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 21: Pupa - antero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 22: Pupa - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 23: Pupa - thorax - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 24: Pupa - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 25: Pupa - ventro-lateral view - highly enlarged

Pyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)