Anisoplia agricola is a species of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae.[1]
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| Anisoplia agricola. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anisoplia |
| Species: | A. agricola
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| Binomial name | |
| Anisoplia agricola (Poda, 1761)
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Description
editAnisoplia agricola can reach a length of 11–13 millimetres (0.43–0.51 in). Coloration of the elytrae is quite variable, ranging from greenish black to yellow or reddish with cross-shaped black marks.[2][3][4]
Biology
editThese beetles mainly feed on wild grasses, but can damages crops. They live in steppe and forest-steppe areas.[4]
Distribution
editThis species is present in most of Europe, in Asia Minor in the Caucasus and in Central Asia from Western Siberia and Kazakhstan up to Mongolia.[2][5]
References
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