''Mimela junii'' is a species of shining leaf chafer belonging to the family Scarabaeidae subfamily

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. These scarabs are mainly present in

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. The head, pronotum and the inner margin of elytra are metallic-green, antennae are reddish, while elytra are coppery-brown, with longitudinal darker stripes. The adults can be encountered from June (hence the Latin word ''junii'') through July on flowers, especially on

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flowers ('' Sambucus'' species). The adults beetles mainly feed on leaves of various wild shrubs and grasses, while larvae prefer sandy soils and are ''rhizophagous'', feeding on roots at the expense of ''psammophilous'' and herbaceous plants or on decaying vegetables.

Subspecies

*''Mimela junii'' var. ''calabrica'' Machatschke, 1952 *''Mimela junii'' var. ''gigliocola'' Machatschke, 1952 *''Mimela junii'' var. ''junii'' (Duftschmid, 1805) *''Mimela junii'' var. ''rugosula'' (Fairmaire, 1859

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q6862033 Rutelinae Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1805