Donacia malinovskyi

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

Donacia malinovskyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Donacia
Species:
Donacia malinovskyi

Distribution

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

Description

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

The species can be found in the forest Noah and the steppe zones. Typically, the kinds of plants manna (Glyceria).

Aberration
  • Donacia malinovskyi ab. arundinis

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