Biology:Chyrsolina virgata
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Short description: Species of beetle
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| Subgenus: | Euchrysolina
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| Species: | C. virgata
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| Chrysolina virgata (Motchulsky, 1860)
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Chrysolina virgata is a species of leaf beetle in the genus Chrysolina.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus Chrysolina currently contains 39 subgenera.[3] C. virgata is located in the subgenus Euchrysolina which additionally contains only C. graminis and its five associated subspecies; this subgenus was first established in 1950 by Bechyné.[4]
Description
C. virgata is a small, round leaf beetle. Dorsally it is metallic green in colour, iridescent bronze on its elytra and pronotum. It is also finely punctured across both areas.
Distribution and habitat
C. virgata is a Palaearctic species native to East Asia and Japan .[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bieńkowski, A. O. (2001). "A study on the genus Chrysolina MOTSCHULSKY, 1860, with a checklist of all the described subgenera, species, subspecies, and synonyms (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)". Wroclaw 12 (2): 105–235. http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/chrysolinachecklist.pdf.
- ↑ "Chrysolina virgata (Motschulsky, 1860)". BioLib. 2017. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id897307/. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ↑ "Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860". BioLib. 2017. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id11677/. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- ↑ Bechyné, J. (1950). "7e contribution a la connaissance du genre Chrysolina MOTSCH. (Col. Phytophaga Chrysomelidae)". Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 1: 47–185. http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1950_Separata_69.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q29032366 entry
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