Biology:Anthaxia cichorii

Short description: Species of beetle

Anthaxia cichorii
Anthaxia cichorii, male and female. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Anthaxia
Species:	A. cichorii
Binomial name
Anthaxia cichorii (Olivier, 1790)
Synonyms
Anthaxia azurea Abeile de Perrin, 1909 Anthaxia chamomillae Mannerheim, 1837 Anthaxia cichorii cichorii (Olivier, 1790) Anthaxia gibbicollis Rey, 1891 Anthaxia parthica Obenberger, 1914 Anthaxia turcomanica Obenberger, 1938 Buprestis cichorii Olivier, 1790 Haplanthaxia cichori

Anthaxia cichorii is a species of jewel beetle belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.

Description

Anthaxia cichorii can reach a length of 5–6.5 millimetres (0.20–0.26 in). These beetles can be found from April to August. Larvae feed on Pyrus communis, Malus domestica, Prunus domestica, Ficus carica and Prunus cerasus .

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21198539 entry