- Oreina gloriosa
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Oreina gloriosa 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Chrysomelidae Genus: Oreina Species: O. gloriosa Binomial name Oreina gloriosa
(Fabricius, 1781)Synonyms - Oreina vittigera (Suffrian, 1851)
Oreina gloriosa is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.
This alpine leaf beetle is found in France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
The only food plant for both adults and larvae is the Masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium in the family Apiaceae). The adults are 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) long. Elytra are bright metallic green crossed by longitudinal blue stripes, or metallic blue.
References
- Bontems, C., 1981 - Les especes de Linne et Fabricius du genre Oreina Chevrolat, 1837 (Col. Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae) - Nouv. Rev. Ent. 11: 93-109
- Susanne Dobler, Patrick Mardulyn, Jacques M. Pasteels & Martine Rowell-Rahier (1996). "Host-plant switches and the evolution of chemical defense and life history in the leaf beetle genus Oreina". Evolution 50 (6): 2373–2386. JSTOR 2410706.
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