Green pot beetle
Cryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847
Status not recordedbeetles
The green pot beetle (Cryptocephalus aureolus) is a species in the family Chrysomelidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 6 mm in length.
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Quick facts about the green pot beetle
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 6 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- flowerssrc for Main food
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the green pot beetle?
Where does the green pot beetle live?
Not recorded
Is the green pot beetle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the green pot beetle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyChrysomelidae
- genusCryptocephalus
- SpeciesCryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Smaragd-FallkäferGerman
- kelttopiilopääFinnish
- Auksiškasis paslėptagalvisLithuanian
- ilirski lepenecSlovenian
- grön fallbaggeSwedish
- stor grönfallbaggeSwedish
Relatives of the green pot beetle
Other species in the same genus Cryptocephalus.
Black-and-red pot beetle
Cryptocephalus bipunctatus
Hypericum pot beetle
Cryptocephalus moraei
Common small pot beetle
Cryptocephalus pusillus
Hazed pot beetle
Cryptocephalus coryli
Sand plains Cryptocephalus
Cryptocephalus australobispinus
Downie's-dotted Cryptocephalus
Cryptocephalus downiei
CompareGreen pot beetle vs Black-and-red pot beetleGreen pot beetle vs Hypericum pot beetleGreen pot beetle vs Common small pot beetleGreen pot beetle vs Hazed pot beetle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the green pot beetle?
An adult green pot beetle measures 6 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What does the green pot beetle eat?
Its recorded main food is flowers.
What kind of animal is the green pot beetle?
The green pot beetle (Cryptocephalus aureolus) belongs to the family Chrysomelidae in the order Coleoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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