Cryptocephalus moraei

Cryptocephalus moraei is a species of beetle from the genus Cryptocephalus.[1][2] The species was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

Cryptocephalus moraei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cryptocephalus
Species:
C. moraei
Binomial name
Cryptocephalus moraei
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

This leaf beetle is 3 to 5 mm in size. The front parts of the antenna are bicoloured black-brown, but turns fully black. The head of the males are yellow, while the females have a black head with two yellow dots. The Prothorax is black with a yellow smudge against the rear corners. The Elytra contain rows with robust points, mostly black but again with a yellow stain at the end. The legs are reddish-brown. The species can be observed from May to August and feeds on species from the Hypericum genus. [3]

Range

Cryptocephalus moraei has been recorded across Europe, both in scholarly articles and citizen science efforts. [4]

References

  1. "Cryptocephalus moraei". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  2. "Cryptocephalus moraei (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  3. Société royale de zoologie d'Anvers.; d'Anvers, Société royale de zoologie; Entomologie, Vlaamse Vereniging voor (2012). Phegea. Vol. 40. Antwerpen: Vlaamse Vereniging voor Entomologie.
  4. Ali Nafiz Ekiz; İsmail Şen; Ebru Gül Aslan; Ali Gök (7 May 2013). "Checklist of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Turkey, excluding Bruchinae". Journal of Natural History. 47 (33–34): 2213–2287. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.763069. ISSN 0022-2933. Wikidata Q107185159.

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