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

Donacia malinovskyi
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Donacia malinovskyi

Distribution edit

Distributed in the Central Europe from France to Poland and in the Eastern Europe in Volga Basin.[1]

Description edit

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 edit

The species can be found in the forest Noah and the steppe zones.[citation needed]

Aberration edit

  • Donacia malinovskyi ab. arundinis

References edit

  1. ^ "Wydział Nauk Biologicznych". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2012-02-11.