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Anisoplia agricola

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Species of insect

Anisoplia agricola
Anisoplia agricola. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Anisoplia
Species: A. agricola
Binomial name
Anisoplia agricola
(Poda, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Anisoplia crucifera
  • Anisoplia cyathigera Scopoli, 1763
  • Anisoplia losa

Anisoplia agricola is a species of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae.

Description

Anisoplia agricola can reach a length of 11–13 millimetres (0.43–0.51 in). Coloration of the elytrae is quite variable, ranging from greenish black to yellow or reddish with cross-shaped black marks.

Biology

These beetles mainly feed on wild grasses, but can damages crops. They live in steppe and forest-steppe areas.

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in Asia Minor in the Caucasus and in Central Asia from Western Siberia and Kazakhstan up to Mongolia.

References

  1. Biolib
  2. ^ Coleotteri scaraboidei d’Italia
  3. Beetles and Coleopterologists
  4. ^ Nature Wonders
  5. Fauna europaea
Taxon identifiers
Anisoplia agricola


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