#3339 · 🪲 beetles
cow parsley leaf beetle
🇳🇱 Voorjaarsgoudhaantje ·Chrysolina oricalcia
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- 1. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Mark Gurney · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- 7. © Stephan Mende · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Chrysolina oricalcea is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,965 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1776 (250 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- cow parsley leaf beetle
- Nederlands
- Voorjaarsgoudhaantje
- scientific name
- Chrysolina oricalcia
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Chrysomelidae
- sightings in NL
- 49
- sightings in Europe
- 1,126
- sightings worldwide
- 1,965
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,851
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Otto Friedrich Müller
relatives· Chrysomelidae
#3166 📷 8Alder Leaf Beetle
🇳🇱 Elzenhaantje
Agelastica alni
👀 1.5k in NL
#3181 📷 10Green Dock Beetle
🇳🇱 Groen zuringhaantje
Gastrophysa viridula
👀 515 in NL
#3184 📷 9Colorado Potato Beetle
🇳🇱 Coloradokever
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
👀 476 in NL
#3185 📷 10Rosemary Beetle
🇳🇱 Rozemarijngoudhaantje
Chrysolina americana
👀 475 in NL
#3205 📷 10Poplar Leaf Beetle
🇳🇱 Grote populierenhaan
Chrysomela populi
👀 247 in NL
#3209 📷 10Willow Flea-beetle
🇳🇱 Gouden wilgenaardvlo
Crepidodera aurata
👀 234 in NL
#3210 📷 10Mint beetle
🇳🇱 Blauw muntgoudhaantje
Chrysolina coerulans
👀 228 in NL
#3213 📷 10Gewone rietkever
Donacia clavipes
👀 197 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 499166, Wikidata Q1319194, GBIF 4459825, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.