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Donacia malinovskyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Chrysomelidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Genus
  
Donacia

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Donacia malinovskyi is a species of leaf beetle of the subfamily Donaciinae.

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Distribution

Distributed in the Central Europe from France to Poland and in the Eastern Europe in Volga Basin.

Description

Beetle is 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 in) in length. The upper part of the body is dark green or purple, golden on the sides, at least the top of the golden-brown color. Elytron is straightly cut at the top. The median groove of prothorax is deep.

Ecology

The species can be found in the forest Noah and the steppe zones. Typically, the kinds of plants manna (Glyceria).

Aberration

  • Donacia malinovskyi ab. arundinis
  • References

    Donacia malinovskyi Wikipedia