'' Coptocephala unifasciata '' is a species of leaf beetle belonging to the family

Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...

, subfamily

Cryptocephalinae The Cryptocephalinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata. The tribes Fulcidacini and Clytrini The Clytrini are a tribe within the leaf beetle sub ...

Subspecies

Subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

include: *''Coptocephala unifasciata australis'' Medvedev, 1965 *''Coptocephala unifasciata deserta'' Medvedev, 1965 *''Coptocephala unifasciata destinoi'' Fairmaire, 1884 *''Coptocephala unifasciata unifasciata'' (Scopoli, 1763)

Distribution

This species is present in the

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. It occurs in large parts of Europe. However, it is absent in the

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, the

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and

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. To the east it occurs over

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, the

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, Western

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.E.V. Guskova (2016): The Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Mongolian Altai. Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University, 6 (3): 61-72

Description

''Coptocephala unifasciata''can reach a length of 4–7 mm. The pronotum is red in males, yellow-orange in females. The head is black in male, with a red upper lip. The head is yellow-orange in females. The elytra are yellow-orange and have two black cross bars, which are usually interrupted at the seam and do not reach the side edge. The antennae are yellow-otange at the base, otherwise black. The base of the femora is black, otherwise the legs are yellow-orange.

Biology

The adult beetles fly from April to October. Host plants of the larvae are various umbellifers ( Apiaceae) such as wild carrot (''

Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...

''), parsnip (''

Pastinaca sativa The parsnip (''Pastinaca sativa'') is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long taproot has cream-colored skin and ...

''), ''

Peucedanum oreoselinum ''Peucedanum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae. Species It contains the following species: * '' Peucedanum abbreviatum'' E. Mey. * '' Peucedanum acaule'' R.H.Shan & M.L.Sheh * '' Peucedanum achaicum'' Halácsy * ' ...

'', ''

Echinophora spinosa ''Echinophora spinosa'', the prickly parsnip, is a species of plant in the genus ''Echinophora ''Echinophora'' is a genus of plants belonging to the parsley family, Apiaceae. The thistle-like spininess of the plants is reflected in the genus ...

'' or representatives of the genus

Ferulago ''Ferulago'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Species , Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with ...

. The adult beetles can also be found on the flowers of the host and forage plants.

Bibliography

* This article has been expanded using, inter alia, material based on a translation of an article from the Deutsch Wikipedia, by the same name. *Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al.: Käfer Mittel- und Nordwesteuropas, Parey Berlin 1985, , Seite 281. * Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, Die mitteleuropäischen Käfer, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2000, , Seite 288. *K.H. Mohr: 88. Familie Chrysomelidae. in Heinz Freude, Karl Wilhelm Harde, Gustav Adolf Lohse (Herausgeber): Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 9. Cerambycidae Chrysomelidae. Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld 1966, Seite 121.

External links

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Kerbtier – Beetles Fauna of Germany

References

Clytrini Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Beetles described in 1763 {{Cryptocephalinae-stub