Cereal Leaf Beetle
Oulema melanopus
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Metallic blue-green beetle with reddish legs. Larvae skeletonize grass and grain leaves; pest of native grasses and agriculture.
Plants that support Cereal Leaf Beetle
2 plants
California Brome
Bromus carinatus var. carinatus
grass
larval and adult feeding on grass leaves during growing season
Bay Area native
Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum
grass
Larval and adult leaf feeding spring through early summer
Bay Area native