Donacia

Donacia
Donacia
D. versicolorea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Donaciinae
Genus: Donacia
Fabricius, 1775

Donacia is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. The beetles have long antennae, as in the other genera of the subfamily Donaciinae, are active and able to fly. Larvae feed on submerged portions of aquatic plants, such as water lilies, and breathe oxygen from plant vessels. Adults live on surface parts of the same plants.

D. marginata mating pair