1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Common Name Image

1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Common Name Image

1. PaDIL Species Factsheet
Scientific Name:
Oxythyrea funesta (Poda) 1761
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
Common Name
White-spotted Rose Beetle
Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au:80/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/135606
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Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
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2. Species Information
2.1. Details
Specimen Contact: Department of Agriculture Western Australia Author: Graham, R.
Citation: Graham, R. (2005) White-spotted Rose Beetle(Oxythyrea funesta)Updated on 11/25/2011 Available
online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au
Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence
2.2. URL
Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au:80/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/135606
2.3. Facets
Status: Exotic species - absent from Australia
Group: Beetles
Commodity Overview: Field Crops and Pastures, Horticulture
Commodity Type: Grains, Fresh Flowers, Fresh Fruit, Viticulture
Distribution: Europe and Northern Asia, Mediterranean Basin, Africa
2.4. Diagnostic Notes
Body length 8-14 mm, black in colour with a metallic green-red reflection, andcovered in sparse yellow-white
hairs. Elytra covered in irregular yellow-white spots. Pronotum has 3 pairs of yellow-white spots and no
median longitudinal ridge.
(Jermy & Balázs 1990)
2.5. References
Balás, G. and Sáringer, Gy. (1982): Kertészeti kartevok, Akadémiai Kiadó,Budapest, 1069 pp. Dahlgren, G.
1972: Zur Taxionomie der Gattungen Aethiessa, Oxythyrea, Tropinota und Musurgus. - Ent. scand. 3: 161 168 Freude, H., Harde, K.W. and Lohse, D.A.: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas (Band 8), Goecke and Evers, Krefeld,
358 p. Jermy, T. and Balázs, K. (eds.) (1990): A növényvédelmi állattan kézikönyve. Vol.3/a Akakdémiai
Kiadó, Budapest. 208-210 pp. Klausnitzer, B. & Krell, F.-T. 1996: Scarabaeoidea in: Klausnitzer, B.
1996: Die Larven der Käfer Mitteleuropas, Bd. 3, Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena. [Ad Larvae] Micó, E., Galante,
E. 2003: Biology and New Larval Descriptions for Three Cetoniine Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae:
Cetoniinae: Cetoniini: Cetoniina, Leucocelina). - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96(2), 95106. Ponel, P. 1993 Coléoptères du Massif des Maures et de la dépression permienne périphériqueFaune de
Provence 14 : 5-23. http://members.aol.com/ceep/Maures1.pdf Roosileht, U. 2003. New dung beetle
Oxythyrea funesta (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Estonian fauna. Baltic J. Coleopterol., 3 (1): 53-54.
2.6. Web Links
Live Image: http://digilander.libero.it/vierka/oxythyrea%20funesta.htm
Live Image: http://www.aaff.org/illustrations/Coleopteres/Oxythyrea_funesta.htm
3. Diagnostic Images
Specimen Locality Label: Velence, Hungary,
20.vi.2004. Coll: A. Szitó
Dorsal View: Willow Warren Department of
Agriculture Western Australia
Specimen Locality Label: Velence, Hungary,
20.vi.2004. Coll: A. Szitó
Elytra: Willow Warren Department of
Agriculture Western Australia
Specimen Locality Label: Velence, Hungary,
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Foreleg: Willow Warren Department of
Agriculture Western Australia
Specimen Locality Label: Velence, Hungary,
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Head - Dorsal View: Willow Warren
Department of Agriculture Western Australia
Specimen Locality Label: Velence, Hungary,
20.vi.2004. Coll: A. Szitó
Head - Front View: Willow Warren
Department of Agriculture Western Australia
Specimen Locality Label: Velence, Hungary,
20.vi.2004. Coll: A. Szitó
Head - Side View: Willow Warren
Department of Agriculture Western Australia
Specimen Locality Label: Velence, Hungary,
20.vi.2004. Coll: A. Szitó
Lateral View: Willow Warren Department of
Agriculture Western Australia
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Specimen Locality Label: Velence, Hungary,
20.vi.2004. Coll: A. Szitó
Ventral View: Willow Warren Department of
Agriculture Western Australia