Podagrica malvae

Podagrica malvae is a species of skeletonising leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.

Podagrica malvae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Podagrica
Species:
P. malvae
Binomial name
Podagrica malvae
(Illiger, 1807)
Synonyms
  • Crepidodera semirufa Kuester, 1847
  • Haltica intermedia Kutschera, 1860
  • Haltica malvae Illiger, 1807
  • Haltica saracena Reiche, 1858
  • Podagrica italica Allard, 1860
  • Podagrica laevis Abeille, 1895
  • Podagrica rufa Allard, 1884
  • Podagrica unicolor Marseul, 1869

This leaf beetle lives in Southern and Central Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in the North Africa.

The adults are 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) long. The colours of the elytra of this beetle are dark blue, while pronotum, head and legs are reddish.

They feed on various Malvaceae species.


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