Chrysolina graminis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Tansy Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle)
Genus	Chrysolina (a genus of leaf beetles)
Subfamily	CHRYSOMELINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chrysolina graminis is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Chrysomelidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Cox, M.L.	2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Drummond, D.C.	1952	Macquartia tenebricosa ab. nitida Meig. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Chrysolina graminis L. (Col., Chrysomelidae)	Ent. Mon. Mag. 88: 46.
Oxford, G., Sivell, D., Dytham, C. & Key, R.	2003	The Jewel of York, ecology and conservation of the Tansy Beetle	British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 5: 332-337.

Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 23 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysolina graminis (Tansy Beetle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Chrysolina graminis is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)