Smaragdina affinis
| Smaragdina affinis | |
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| Adult of Smaragdina affinis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Smaragdina |
| Species: | S. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Smaragdina affinis (Illiger, 1794) | |
Smaragdina affinis is a species of short-horned leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Clytrinae.
Subspecies
- Smaragdina affinis affinis (Illiger, 1794)
- Smaragdina affinis manicata (Lacordaire, 1848) - in Spain[1]
Description
The adults are 3.5–4 millimetres (0.14–0.16 in) long. Head is shiny black. Elytrae are black, with bluish reflections. Pronotum is edged with orange-red or red-brown, while the disc is black. Pronotum shows a fine and sparse punctuation, with strong and dense punctuation on the elytrae. Tibia and tarsi are orange. Femurs are hardly darkened at the base. [4]
Biology
Adults mainly feed on leaves of Corylus avellana, Quercus and Crataegus species, while larvae possibly feed in leaf litter. [5]
Distribution
These leaf beetles are present in most of Europe. [1][6]
Habitat
These leaf beetles are heat-loving. They can be found predominantly in thickets and forest edges, in the plane or on dry warm slopes, from about April to July.