Podagrica malvae
| Podagrica malvae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Podagrica |
| Species: | P. malvae |
| Binomial name | |
| Podagrica malvae (Illiger, 1807) | |
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Podagrica malvae is a species of skeletonising leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.
This leaf beetle lives in Southern and Central Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone, 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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