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Lachnaia italica

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Coleoptera

Genus
  
Phylum
  
Class
  
Family
  
Chrysomelidae

Scientific name
  
Lachnaia italica

Rank
  
Species

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Lachnaia, Lachnaia sexpunctata, Mimela junii, Lachnaia paradoxa, Clytra quadripunctata

Lachnaia italica is a species of short-horned leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Clytrinae.

This species is found in Italy, France, and Slovenia.

These beetles are 75–10 millimetres (2.95–0.39 in) long, the head and pronotum are black, the elytra are bright yellow-orange, with six black dots.

Adults mainly feeds on Rosaceae (Rubus) and Fagaceae (Quercus) species. Larvae live in nests of red wood ant (Formica rufa), feeding on vegetable refuses.

Subspecies

  • Lachnaia italica italica (Weise, 1881)
  • Lachnaia italica occidentalis (Grasso, 1963)
  • References

    Lachnaia italica Wikipedia


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