[4] Its main host plant is coyote brush, but it has been noted to feed on other species of Baccharis, as well as Aster, Senecio, Artemisia, Solidago, and Eriodictyon.

[5] Larvae and adult coyote brush leaf beetles are metallic green.

[4] Coyote brush leaf beetles have one brood a season.

They lay their eggs in soil, where they remain over summer and winter before hatching.

Larvae feed voraciously on the coyote brush, then return to the soil to pupate for about two weeks.