Oxythyrea funesta

TaxID: 1207102

Basic Information

Oxythyrea funesta

Mediterranean Spotted Chafer, Punktkäfer

Oxythyrea funesta is a phytophagous beetle species belonging to the family Cetoniidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. Common name "white spotted rose beetle". This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East. It is not present in North or South America. Larvae are 16-22 mm long. They feed on dung, rotten wood, litter and soil and can remain until next spring in the soil. The adults appear early in the spring, they grow up to 8 C12 millimetres (0.31 C0.47 in) and can mostly be encountered from May through July. They can be considered a pest since they feed not only on pollen, but also on floral organs, especially those in light colors. Their colour is black, more or less bronzed. Most of the specimens show six white spots in two longitudinal rows on the pronotum and many others on the elytra. They are completely covered with white pubescence (easily visible in profile). Older specimens usually have no hairs, as they are rubbed off with time.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Scarabaeidae

Oxythyrea

funesta

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Photos (5 photos)

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Oxythyrea funesta
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(c) Ryszard@BY-NC
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(c) Marcello Consolo@BY-NC-SA
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(c) fredur@BY-NC
Oxythyrea funesta
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(c) Marie Lou Legrand@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (50 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Armenia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (94 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
UMAAO227-24 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 658 France 2024-05-21 43.64, 3.872
UMAAO101-24 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 658 France 2024-05-21 43.646, 3.877
UMAAO002-24 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 658 France 2024-05-21 43.64, 3.867
UMAAK771-23 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 658 France 2023-05-06 43.646, 3.878
UMAAK377-23 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 656 France 2023-05-30 43.646, 3.877
UMAAK1751-23 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 655 France 2021-06-06 43.646, 3.878
UMAAK1749-23 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 653 France 2021-06-06 43.646, 3.878
UMAAK1747-23 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 653 France 2021-06-06 43.646, 3.878
UMAAK1392-23 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 655 France 2021-06-06 43.646, 3.877
UMAAK1369-23 BOLD:ABW4586 COI-5P 655 France 2021-06-06 43.646, 3.877
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Literature