''Macroplea appendiculata'' is a species of leaf beetle of the subfamily Donaciinae which can be found in

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and Central Europe.

Description

Beetle length is , and is orange. The first segment of hind tarsi much shorter than the second. Notum almost square. Thorn on top of elytron is long and thin. The

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and shield with a red-yellow hairs, prothorax and elytra have a yellow color, the points in the grooves between rows, and often prominent on elytra back.

Ecology

Beetles are found near rivers and lakes, they feed on generally pondweed (''

Potamogeton ''Potamogeton'' is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed (''Elodea canadensis'' ...

'') and '' Myriophyllum'' plants.

References

Beetles described in 1794 Beetles of Europe Taxa named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer Donaciinae {{chrysomelidae-stub