Smaragdina aurita
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Smaragdina aurita is a beetle from the family of the beetle and the subfamily of cryptocephalinae (Cryptocephalinae).
Characteristics of the beetle
The beetle has a body length of 4.5–6 mm. The beetles have a black basic color with a bluish shimmer. The pronotum is hardly punctured. It has wide red-yellow margins. The elytra are fine and flat dotted. The legs are colored yellow. The antennae are yellow at the base and darken towards the tips.
distribution
The distribution area of Smaragdina aurita extends over large parts of Europe and extends over the Caucasus (Georgia) to the eastern Palearctic (Japan). In the north, the occurrence in Europe extends to Denmark, Sweden and Finland. The species is absent in the British Isles .
Way of life
The beetles fly from April to July. They are observed on birches ( Betula ), hazel ( Corylus ) and hawthorns ( Crataegus ).
Taxonomy
The following synonyms can be found in the literature :
- Chrysomela aurita Linnaeus , 1767 - original name combination
- Gynandrophthalma aurita Linnaeus
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Smaragdina aurita (Linnaeus, 1767) in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 12, 2018
- ↑ a b c d e Heinz Freude, Karl Wilhelm Harde, Gustav Adolf Lohse (ed.): Die Käfer Mitteleuropas . tape 9 . Cerambycidae Chrysomelidae . Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-8274-0683-8 , pp. 120 (first edition: Goecke & Evers, Krefeld 1966).
- ↑ Karel Hůrka: Brouci České a Slovenské republiky = Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Kabourek, Zlín 2005, ISBN 80-86447-11-1 , p. 252 (Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics).
