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Anisoplia agricola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Scarabaeidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Genus
  
Anisoplia

Anisoplia agricola

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

Anisoplia agricola Wikipedia