Exosoma lusitanicum
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| Exosoma lusitanicum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Exosoma |
| Species: | E. lusitanicum |
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| Exosoma lusitanicum (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
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Exosoma lusitanicum, the daffodil leaf beetle, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.
The genus Exosoma is derived from the ancient Greek ἕξω, meaning outside and σῶμα, meaning body. The Latin species name lusitanicus, meaning occurring in Lusitania (Portugal), refers to the area of distribution of this species.
Distribution
Habitat
These beetles occur in warm-dry areas, both in the plains as well as at an elevation of a thousand meters.[citation needed]
Description
Exosoma lusitanicum can reach a length of 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in). These small beetles have an elongated, oval and glabrous body. Its pronotum is very finely punctured, convex, and wider than long. Elytra are tight and finely punctured. The basic colour of the pronotum and elytra is shiny red-orange. The head, the antennae, the legs and the abdomen are black.
This species is similar to Exososoma theryi.
