Gametis jucunda

TaxID: 1310345

Basic Information

Gametis jucunda

Blue Flower Chafer, Ko-ao-hanamuguri

Gametis jucunda, the smaller green flower chafer, is a species of flower chafer found in Japan. It has been known to damage citrus and other plants.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Scarabaeidae

Gametis

jucunda

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Gametis jucunda
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(c) Observações Naturalistas | Bruno Uehara@BY-NC
Gametis jucunda
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(c) wresy@BY-NC
Gametis jucunda
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(c) miragin@BY-NC
Gametis jucunda
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(c) Haocong_Cat@BY-NC
Gametis jucunda
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(c) longarms@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adult body length 11–16 mm, width 6–8 mm. Dorsal background colour predominantly green, ranging from bright to olive grade; colour also varies to red, dark blue, or black. Dorsal surface with a thin covering of tawny hairs and setae; ventral surface with a thick covering of tawny hairs and setae, adorned with yellow markings. Pronotum with a discoidal yellow spot and a yellow marginal line. Each elytron bears three to four yellow markings on the outer margin and about three near the inner margin; discal spots on pronotum and elytra may fade completely in exceptional cases. White maculation can vary in extent.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Scholarly article
Citation:

Bulganin Mitra, Joyjit Ghosh. 2025. FIRST PHOTO EVIDENCE OF Gametis jucunda (Faldermann, 1835) (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: CETONIINAE: CETONIINI) AS FLOWER VISITORS OF SALIX SP. FROM THE HIGH ALTUTUDE OF WEST BENGAL. Journal of advanced scientific education and research

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Peru Absent —

Distribution (11 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

11
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bhutan Present —
China Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
India Present —
Japan Present —
Republic of Korea Present —
Nepal Present —
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Present —
Russian Federation Present —
Thailand 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 (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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