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Dotted Fruit Chafers
Oxythyrea
The genus Oxythyrea consists of a number of chafer beetle species. Members are typically about 10–15 mm in size, and are usually black with white dots or lines on the thorax, elytra, and abdomen; each species has its own distinctive pattern. Oxythyrea are active during the day, and are often found on flowers, feeding.
11 branches of this group, most-observed first
Mediterranean Spotted Chafer
speciesOxythyrea funesta
Common Dotted Fruit Chafer
speciesOxythyrea marginalis
Middle Eastern Flower Scarab
speciesOxythyrea cinctella
Oxythyrea noemi
speciesOxythyrea noemi
Another Dotted Fruit Chafer
speciesOxythyrea testaceoguttata
Oxythyrea pantherina
speciesOxythyrea pantherina
Oxythyrea abigail
speciesOxythyrea abigail
Oxythyrea dulcis
speciesOxythyrea dulcis
Oxythyrea albopicta
speciesOxythyrea albopicta
Oxythyrea gronbechi
speciesOxythyrea gronbechi
Oxythyrea petit
speciesOxythyrea petit
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1130193.