Cryptocephalus virens

Species of beetle

Cryptocephalus virens

Cryptocephalus cf. virens
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Infraorder:  | Cucujiformia
Family:  | Chrysomelidae
Genus:  | Cryptocephalus
Species:  |

C. virens

Binomial name
Cryptocephalus virens

Suffrian, 1847

Cryptocephalus virens is a cylindrical leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cryptocephalinae. The species was first described by Christian Wilhelm Ludwig Eduard Suffrian in 1847.

## Description

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The females are usually slightly larger than the males. The colour of the head, pronotum and elytra is metallic green in the females, while in males the elytra are usually metallic blue. Adult beetles live from May to June, feeding mainly on nectar of Asteraceae species.

## Distribution

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These beetles can be found in southern and central Europe from the Italian Alps and Bavaria to southern Poland, Russia, Turkey, the east Palearctic realm and the Near East. They prefer hilly and mountainous regions.

## External links

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* BioLib
* Fauna Europaea
* Synopsis of the Described Coleoptera of the World
* Insects.tamu.edu
* Coleoptera.ksib.pl
* Karoly Vig - Leaf beetle collection of the Mátra Museum

Taxon identifiers

Cryptocephalus virens|

* Wikidata: Q1634133
* BioLib: 11614
* EUNIS: 261352
* Fauna Europaea (new): 40a13370-ec58-4a3b-aa89-37a88116dfdb
* GBIF: 8994793
* iNaturalist: 545294
* Insecta.pro: 1002474
* NCBI: 1091389

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