Rose Chafer
Cetonia aurata
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
Cetonia aurata, called the rose chafer or the green rose chafer, is a beetle, 20 millimetres (3⁄4 in) long, that has a metallic structurally coloured green and a distinct V-shaped scutellum. The scutellum is the small V-shaped area between the wing cases; it may show several small, irregular, white lines and marks. The underside of the beetle has a coppery colour, and its upper side is sometimes bronze, copper, violet, blue/black, or grey.
La Cétoine dorée (Cetonia aurata) ou « hanneton des roses » est une espèce d'insectes coléoptères de la famille des Scarabaeidae, de la sous-famille des Cetoniinae. Elle est commune en Europe. Description Les adultes mesurent entre 14 et 20 mm.
Cetonia aurata es un escarabajo de Europa que pertenece a la familia Scarabaeidae. Es uno de al menos dos escarabajos conocidos como "rose chafer" (o escarabajo de las rosas) por los angloparlantes, siendo el otro Macrodactylus subspinosus de Norteamérica. C.
Distribution
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