Rank Species | Order Coleoptera | |
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Similar Anisoplia austriaca, Anisoplia villosa, Margined vine chafer, Chaetopteroplia segetum | ||
Anisoplia agricola is a species of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae.
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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
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