Anisoplia agricola
| Anisoplia agricola | |
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| Anisoplia agricola. Museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Order: | Coleoptera
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| 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[]
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[]
These beetles mainly feed on wild grasses, but can damages crops. They live in steppe and forest-steppe areas.[4]
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.[2][5]
References[]
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Categories:
- Scarabaeidae
- Beetles described in 1761
- Taxa named by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus
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