- Oreina speciosa
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Oreina speciosa 
Oreina speciosa excellens – male Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Chrysomelidae Genus: Oreina Species: O. speciosa Binomial name Oreina speciosa
(Linnaeus, 1767)Synonyms - Chrysochloa vittigera Suffrian, 1851
- Chrysomela speciosa Linnaeus, 1767
- Chrysochloa gloriosa (Fabricius, 1781)
Oreina speciosa is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.
This alpine leaf beetle lives in the Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines and Balkans.
The adults are 9–13 millimetres (0.35–0.51 in) long. The colours of the elytra of this beetle are very variable, with varieties completely blue or purple, or else bright metallic green crossed by longitudinal blue or red stripes or both.
It can be found on various Apiaceae species, mainly of the genus Laserpitium, Heracleum and Angelica. The activity period is June-July.
Subspecies
- O. speciosa bosniaca Apfelbeck, 1912
- O. speciosa excellens Weise, 1907
- O. speciosa ganglbaueri Jakob, 1953
- O. speciosa huberi Bechyné, 1958
- O. speciosa lugdunensis Weise, 1907
- O. speciosa pretiosa Suffrian, 1851
- O. speciosa pseudoliturata G. Müller, 1916
- O. speciosa speciosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
References
- Bontems, C., 1981 - Les especes de Linne et Fabricius du genre Oreina Chevrolat, 1837 (Col. Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae) - Nouv. Rev. Ent. 11: 93-109
- Host-Plant Switches and the Evolution of Chemical Defense and Life History in the Leaf Beetle Genus Oreina. In: Evolution. 50, Nr. 6, Dezember 1996
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