{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Chrysolina haemoptera (15312809902).jpg | genus = Chrysolina | parent = Chrysolina (Colaphodes) | parent_authority = Motschulsky, 1860 | species = haemoptera | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms = }}

'''''Chrysolina haemoptera''''', also known as the '''plantain leaf beetle''', is a species of leaf beetle in the genus ''Chrysolina''.<ref name='Col'>{{cite web |url=https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species/chrysolina-haemoptera |title=Chrysolina haemoptera (Linnaeus, 1758) |publisher=Coleoptera.org.uk |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> They are associated with plantains (''Plantago''), particularly ''Plantago coronopus''.<ref name='Hubble'>{{cite book |author1=Hubble, D. |date=2012 |title=Keys to the adults of seed and leaf beetles of Britain and Ireland |publisher=Field Studies Council |page=56 |ISBN=978-1-908819-08-6}}</ref>

==Description== ''C. haemoptera'' adult beetles measure 5.0&ndash;9.0&nbsp;mm in length. They have a dull blue-black colouration without any metallic reflection.<ref name='Hubble'/>

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Category:Beetles described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Category:Chrysomelinae

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