Chrysolina hyperici, the Saint John's Wort Beetle is a species of beetles of the family Chrysomelidae.[1]
The species lays up to 2.000 eggs on the host plant during the fall. Larvae emerge in the spring. They spend the winter as adults or eggs.
Originally distributed in Europa and Asia, it has been introduced in other places as biological control of Hypericum perforatum.[2][3][4][5]
Chrysolina hyperici, the Saint John's Wort Beetle is a species of beetles of the family Chrysomelidae.
