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title: "Wormkruidhaantje"
description: "Galeruca tanaceti — Insecten en spinnen. Galeruca tanaceti is a species of leaf beetle found in the Palearctic realm, and is the type species of the genus Galeruca."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-punctured-leaf-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wormkruidhaantje

> Galeruca tanaceti — Insecten en spinnen. Galeruca tanaceti is a species of leaf beetle found in the Palearctic realm, and is the type species of the genus Galeruca.

- Scientific name: *Galeruca tanaceti*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11313
- Wikidata: [Q1307197](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307197)
- iNaturalist taxon: [337907](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337907)

## Names

- en: Black-punctured leaf beetle
- de: Rainfarn-Blattkäfer
- fr: Galeruque brunette
- nl: Wormkruidhaantje
- pl: Rozdestnica wrotyczówka

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1066), RU (885), AT (594), IT (484), CZ (480), UA (442), FR (381), PL (256), LT (217), GB (192), SE (180), NL (151)

## Summary

Galeruca tanaceti is a species of leaf beetle found in the Palearctic realm, and is the type species of the genus Galeruca. It feeds on various plants in both its adult and larval stages. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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

## Photo

![Wormkruidhaantje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-punctured-leaf-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: seakmus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138371871

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-punctured-leaf-beetle?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).