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Pond lily leaf beetles
Donacia
Donacia is a large genus of aquatic leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. Like other members of that subfamily, the beetles have long antennae. They 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.
14 branches of this group, most-observed first
Girdle-horned Pond Lily Leaf Beetle
speciesDonacia cincticornis
Donacia crassipes
speciesDonacia crassipes
Pale pond lily leaf beetle
speciesDonacia hypoleuca
Donacia piscatrix
speciesDonacia piscatrix
Donacia proxima
speciesDonacia proxima
Donacia texana
speciesDonacia texana
Well-armed pond lily beetle
speciesDonacia militaris
Palm-footed pond lily leaf beetle
speciesDonacia palmata
Toothless pond lily leaf beetle
speciesDonacia edentata
Donacia rufescens
speciesDonacia rufescens
Donacia parvidens
speciesDonacia parvidens
Donacia akiyamai
speciesDonacia akiyamai
Donacia ozensis
speciesDonacia ozensis
Donacia ussuriensis
speciesDonacia ussuriensis
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 1541388.