Anisoplia agricola
Appearance
Anisoplia agricola | |
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Anisoplia agricola. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Anisoplia |
Species: | A. agricola
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Binomial name | |
Anisoplia agricola (Poda, 1761)
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Anisoplia agricola is a species of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae.[1]
Description
[edit]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.[2][3][4]
Biology
[edit]These beetles mainly feed on wild grasses, but can damages crops. They live in steppe and forest-steppe areas.[4]
Distribution
[edit]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.[2][5]
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