Tropinota squalida

Tropinota squalida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Tropinota
Species:	T. squalida
Binomial name
	Tropinota squalida; (Scopoli, 1783)
Synonyms
	Scarabaeus squalidus Scopoli, 1783 ;

Tropinota squalida is a species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.

These beetles are mainly found in France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Spain, in the Near East and in North Africa.

Larvae feed on roots, while the adults can be encountered from May through July feeding on flowers. They are 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) long.

Head, scutellum and elytra are dark-brown, with a thick and long tawny hair on elytra and abdomen. Elytra show two series of white spots on the sides of the central hull. Scutellun is rounded and hairy, but glabrous in the posterior. The fifth humeral slot is bifurcated.

Subspecies edit

Tropinota squalida canariensis Lindberg, 1950
Tropinota squalida squalida (Scopoli, 1783)
Tropinota squalida pilosa Brullé, 1832

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