Donacia
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| Genus: | Donacia Fabricius, 1775
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Donacia is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. Like other members of that subfamily, the beetles have long antennae. They are active and able to fly. Larvae feed on submerged portions of aquatic plants, such as water lilies, and breathe oxygen from plant vessels. Adults live on surface parts of the same plants.
Species in the genus include:
- Donacia antiqua
- Donacia aquatica
- Donacia bicolora
- Donacia cinerea (Herbst, 1784)
- Donacia clavipes (Fabricius, 1793)
- Donacia crassipes
- Donacia dentata
- Donacia marginata
- Donacia microcephala (Daniel & Daniel, 1904)
- Donacia nagaokana (Hayashi, 1998)
- Donacia obscura
- Donacia pubicollis (Suffrian, 1872)
- Donacia simplex
- Donacia tomentosa (Ahrens, 1819)
- Donacia versicolorea
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