Torynorrhina flammea
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Torynorrhina flammea | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Torynorrhina flammea from zoological collections of University of Rennes 1 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | |
Species: | T. flammea
|
Binomial name | |
Torynorrhina flammea (Gestro, 1888)
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Torynorrhina flammea is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.
Description
Torynorrhina flammea can reach a body length of about 30–35 millimetres (1.2–1.4 in). In the females tibia of fore legs are wider. This species is characterized by great variability in colours (cobalt blue, emerald green, scarlet red, etc.).
Distribution
This flower beetle is present in Thailand, Assam, Malaysia and China.
It has been recorded feeding on sorghum in India.[1]
Subspecies
- Torynorrhina flammea cariana (Gestro, 1891)
- Torynorrhina flammea flammea (Gestro, 1888)
- Torynorrhina flammea incisa Arrow, 1910
- Torynorrhina flammea malayana Miksic, 1980
- Torynorrhina flammea chicheryi, Ruter, 1980 (sometimes considered a species - Torynorrhina chicheryi)
Gallery
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Torynorrhina flammea.
References
- ^ Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.
External links
- Living jewels
- Animal life formsError: "Q7827510" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Commons category link is the pagename
- Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata
- Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item
- Taxonbars with invalid from parameters
- Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs
- Cetoniinae
- Beetles described in 1888
- Insect pests of millets