Chrysolina fastuosa, Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle

Common Name: Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle

Chrysolina fastuosa, also known as the Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle, is a species of beetle from the Chrysomelidae family. Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles. This is a family of over 35,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families.

The typical form is very strikingly coloured; bright metallic green, the elytral suture and lateral margins blue and a broad reddish or golden longitudinal band runs through the disc. All appendages are metallic-green. The species has a length ranging from 5.1 – 6.9 millimetres (0.20 – 0.27 in). Occasionally, specimen of C. fastuosa may be completely green or black in colour.

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