Cryptocephalus moraei is a species of beetle from the genus Cryptocephalus.[1][2] The species was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Cryptocephalus |
| Species: | C. moraei
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocephalus moraei (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Description
editThis leaf beetle is 3 to 5 mm in size. The front parts of the antenna are bicoloured black-brown, but turns fully black. The head of the males are yellow, while the females have a black head with two yellow dots. The Prothorax is black with a yellow smudge against the rear corners. The Elytra contain rows with robust points, mostly black but again with a yellow stain at the end. The legs are reddish-brown. The species can be observed from May to August and feeds on species from the Hypericum genus. [3]
Range
editCryptocephalus moraei has been recorded across Europe, both in scholarly articles and citizen science efforts. [4]
References
edit- ^ "Cryptocephalus moraei". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "Cryptocephalus moraei (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ Société royale de zoologie d'Anvers.; d'Anvers, Société royale de zoologie; Entomologie, Vlaamse Vereniging voor (2012). Phegea. Vol. 40. Antwerpen: Vlaamse Vereniging voor Entomologie.
- ^ Ali Nafiz Ekiz; İsmail Şen; Ebru Gül Aslan; Ali Gök (7 May 2013). "Checklist of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Turkey, excluding Bruchinae". Journal of Natural History. 47 (33–34): 2213–2287. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.763069. ISSN 0022-2933. Wikidata Q107185159.
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