Anisoplia agricola is a species of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae.[1]

Anisoplia agricola
Anisoplia agricola. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Anisoplia
Species:
A. agricola
Binomial name
Anisoplia agricola
(Poda, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Anisoplia crucifera
  • Anisoplia cyathigera Scopoli, 1763
  • Anisoplia losa

Description

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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.[2][3][4]

Biology

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These beetles mainly feed on wild grasses, but can damages crops. They live in steppe and forest-steppe areas.[4]

Distribution

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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.[2][5]

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