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Donacia
Donacia
Donacia is a large genus of 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 genus, most-observed first
True reed beetles
subgenusDonacocia
Pond lily leaf beetles
subgenusDonacia
Arundonacia
subgenusArundonacia
Sotaiana
subgenusSotaiana
Cyphogaster
subgenusCyphogaster
Mergodonacia
subgenusMergodonacia
Extradonacia
subgenusExtradonacia
Donacia dentata
speciesDonacia dentata
Askevoldia
subgenusAskevoldia
Donaciella
subgenusDonaciella
Flavodonacia
subgenusFlavodonacia
Donacia vicina
speciesDonacia vicina
Donacia gracilipes
speciesDonacia gracilipes
Donacia pitoni
speciesDonacia pitoni
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 173756.