Open AccessIMMATURE STAGES OF PROTAETIA FUSCA (HERBST) (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: CETONIINAE) WITH NOTES ON BIOLOGY
Author(s) -
Simpson G. B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1990.tb00317.x
Subject(s) - scarabaeidae , biology , larva , instar , pupa , zoology , botany
The egg, all larval instars and pupa of Protaetia fusca (Herbst), the mottled flower scarab, are described and notes on its biology are presented. The third instar larva is distinguished from those of Eupoecila australasiae (Donovan) and Diaphonia dorsalis Donovan, the only other Australian cetoniines for which larval descriptions are available.