Table 1.
Overview of Chrysomelidae genera that are associated with Brassicaceae hosts plants.
| Genus | Approx. no. of species | Major host plant families | Known species feeding on Brassicaceae | References |
| Subfamily Chrysomelinae | ||||
| Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 | 450 | Lamiaceae | C.cavigera, C.colasi | Jolivet and Petitpierre 1976a, 1976b; Clark et al. 2004; Jurado-Rivera and Petitpierre 2015 |
| Colaphellus Weise, 1916 | 15 | Brassicaceae | C.bowringi, C.hoeftii, C.sophiae | Döberl 2010; Gavrilović et al. 2014; Bieńkowski and Orlova-Bienkowskaja 2015; Rheinheimer and Hassler 2018 |
| Entomoscelis Chevrolat, 1836 | 14 | Brassicaceae | E.adonidis, E.americana, E.berytensis, E.nigriventris, E.orientalis, E.pilula | Mohr 1966; Gerber 1994; Ge et al. 2009 |
| Microtheca Dejean, 1835 | 15 | Brassicaceae | M.ochroloma, M.picea, M.punctigera, M.semilaevis | Jolivet 1951; Balsbaugh 1978; Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995; Ameen 1996; Clark et al. 2004; Menezes et al. 2005; Balusu et al. 2017 |
| Phaedon Latreille, 1829 | 80 | Brassicaceae, Ranunculaceae, Plantaginaceae, Asteraceae | P.brassicae, P.cochleariae, P.laevigatus, P.prasinellus, P.viridis | Ge et al. 2003, 2013, 2015; Clark et al. 2004; Lopatin 2005; Rheinheimer and Hassler 2018 |
| Timarcha Latreille, 1829 | 316 | Rubiaceae, Plantaginaceae | T.intermedia, T.lugens, T.strangulata | Jolivet and Petitpierre 1973; Gómez-Zurita et al. 2000a, 2000b; González-Megías and Gómez 2001 |
| Subfamily Galerucinae, Alticini | ||||
| Caeporis Dejean, 1837 | 1 | Brassicaceae | C. stigmula | Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995; Cabrera and Rocca 2012; Nadein 2012 |
| Hemiglyptus Horn, 1889 | 1 | Brassicaceae, Hydrophyllaceae | H. basalis | Clark et al. 2004; Nadein 2012 |
| Leptophysa Baly, 1877 | 15 | Brassicaceae, Cleomaceae | L.batesi, L.bordoni, L.littoralis | Jolivet 1991; Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995; Bechyné 1997; Flowers and Janzen 1997 |
| Phyllotreta Chevrolat, 1836 | 242 | Brassicaceae | see Suppl. material 3 | This study; Heikertinger 1943; Furth 1979; Smith 1985; Clark et al. 2004 |
| Psylliodes Latreille, 1829 | 207 | Brassicaceae, Poaceae | see Suppl. material 1 | This study; Furth 1983; Cox 1998; Clark et al. 2004; Nadein 2010; Baviera and Biondi 2015 |