Anisoplia agricola
| Anisoplia agricola | |
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| Anisoplia agricola. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anisoplia |
| Species: | A. agricola |
| Binomial name | |
| Anisoplia agricola (Poda, 1761) | |
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Anisoplia agricola is a species of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae.[1]
Description
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
These beetles mainly feed on wild grasses, but can damages crops. They live in steppe and forest-steppe areas.[4]
Distribution
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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