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''Mimela junii'' is a species of shining leaf chafer belonging to the family Scarabeidae subfamily Rutelinae. These scarabs are mainly present in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland. The head, pronotum and the inner margin of elytra are metallic-green, antennae are reddish, while elytra are coppery-brown, with longitudinal darker stripes. The adults can be encountered from June (hence the Latin word ''junii'') through July on flowers, especially on elder flowers (''Sambucus'' species). The adults beetles mainly feed on leaves of various wild shrubs and grasses, while larvae prefer sandy soils and are ''rhizophagous'', feeding on roots at the expense of ''psammophilous'' and herbaceous plants or on decaying vegetables. ==Subspecies== *''Mimela junii'' var. ''calabrica'' Machatschke, 1952 *''Mimela junii'' var. ''gigliocola'' Machatschke, 1952 *''Mimela junii'' var. ''junii'' (Duftschmid, 1805) *''Mimela junii'' var. ''rugosula'' (Fairmaire, 1859 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mimela junii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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