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title: "Green Dock Beetle"
description: "Gastrophysa viridula — Insetti e ragni. Gastrophysa viridula, known as the green dock beetle (note: the similar Gastrophysa cyanea in North America is also called the green dock beetle), green dock leaf beetle or green sorrel beetle, is a species of beetle native to Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/green-dock-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Dock Beetle

> Gastrophysa viridula — Insetti e ragni. Gastrophysa viridula, known as the green dock beetle (note: the similar Gastrophysa cyanea in North America is also called the green dock beetle), green dock leaf beetle or green sorrel beetle, is a species of beetle native to Europe.

- Scientific name: *Gastrophysa viridula*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9048
- Wikidata: [Q1317165](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1317165)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320812](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320812)

## Names

- en: Green Dock Beetle
- de: Grüner Sauerampferkäfer
- es: Groen zuringhaantje
- fr: Chrysomèle à gros ventre
- nl: Groen zuringhaantje
- pl: Kałdunica zielona

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3747), DE (752), NL (514), RU (330), DK (262), AT (252), PL (172), UA (108), CZ (106), IE (87), IT (86), FR (82)

## Summary

Gastrophysa viridula, known as the green dock beetle (note: the similar Gastrophysa cyanea in North America is also called the green dock beetle), green dock leaf beetle or green sorrel beetle, is a species of beetle native to Europe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrophysa_viridula

## Photo

![Green Dock Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-dock-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Evan Williams · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/279453798

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-dock-beetle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).