RHS rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana) monitoring

doi:10.15468/spnw1a

RHS rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana) monitoring

Citation

Royal Horticultural Society (2021). RHS rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana) monitoring. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/spnw1a accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-16.

Description

The data set consists of records for the rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana) for the UK gathered by the Royal Horticultural Society, from members of the Society and the general public. Data have been collected as part of the surveying work of the Royal Horticultural Society to establish the distribution and spread of the rosemary beetle, an invasive garden pest of rosemary (Rosmarinus), lavender (Lavandula) and related plants, which became established in the UK during the 1990s.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Data quality is good, but coverage pre May 2008 is predominantly limited to Royal Horticultural Society members. Records are verified by Andrew Halstead, Andrew Salisbury, Anna Platoni or Hayley Jones based on samples or descriptions provided to the RHS Advisory Service or on the on-line form. Grid references are checked against site names.

Method steps

Records of the rosemary beetle have been collected via the Royal Horticultural Society Advisory Service (predominantly from RHS members) and from the general public via an on-line recording form on the project website http://www.rhs.org.uk/Science/Plant-pests/Rosemary-beetle or RHS web profile page https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=555

Additional info

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=645

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

The survey aims for UK and Ireland coverage. A majority of records are at 1km or better resolution.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Royal Horticultural Society
80 Vincent Square,
London,
SW1P 2PE
Telephone: 020 3176 5800
email: membership@rhs.org.uk
homepage: https://www.rhs.org.uk/

metadata author
Royal Horticultural Society
80 Vincent Square,
London,
SW1P 2PE
Telephone: 020 3176 5800
email: membership@rhs.org.uk
homepage: https://www.rhs.org.uk/

distributor
NBN Atlas
Unit F, 14 - 18 St Mary's Gate, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1PF
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org

Andrew Salisbury
administrative point of contact
email: andrewsalisbury@rhs.org.uk