Lachnaia italica is a species of short-horned leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Clytrinae.
Lachnaia italica | |
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L. italica ssp. italica | |
L. italica – Lateral view | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Cryptocephalinae |
Tribe: | Clytrini |
Genus: | Lachnaia |
Species: | L. italica
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Binomial name | |
Lachnaia italica Weise, 1881
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This species is found in Italy, France, and Slovenia.[1]
These beetles are 75–10 millimetres (2.95–0.39 in) long, the head and pronotum are black, the elytra are bright yellow-orange, with six black dots.
Adults mainly feeds on Rosaceae (Rubus) and Fagaceae (Quercus) species. Larvae live in nests of red wood ant (Formica rufa), feeding on vegetable refuses.
Subspecies
edit- Lachnaia italica italica (Weise, 1881)
- Lachnaia italica occidentalis (Grasso, 1963)
References
edit- ^ "Lachnaia (Lachnaia) italica Weise, 1881". 2.6.1. Fauna Europaea. May 24, 2013. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- Horn A., 1951 - Verzeichnis der Kafer Mitteleuropas (Deutschland, Osterreich, Tschechoslovakei) mit kurzen funistischen Angaben - A. Keren Verlag, Stuttgart