The Protea Beetle is about 25mm long. It has metallic-green wing cases with a black head and thorax which has two white vertical stripes. It has orange hairs growing around the bottom of its body.[1]
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It is found in South Africa wherever proteas occur. Adults feed on the pollen and nectar. They live in fynbos, mountainous habitats, and residential gardens if its food supply is available.
^T. fascicularis natalis and T. fascicularis prunipennis were reinstated as valid subspecies per Holm & Perissinotto, 2011.[2] Older sources may still list these as invalid.
^. www.biodiversityexplorer.org. Archived from the original on 2008-09-28.
^ abcHolm, E.; Perissinotto, R. (March 2011). "New Descriptions and Revisions of Southern African Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). I". African Entomology. Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 19 (1): 88–95. doi:10.4001/003.019.0107. ISSN 1021-3589. S2CID 84780437. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ abMeyers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S.; Dewey, T.A. (2014). "Trichostetha classification". The Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
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trichostetha, fascicularis, large, metallic, green, beetle, found, south, africa, scientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, coleopterafamily, scarabaeidaesubfamily, cetoniinaegenus, trichostethaspecies, fascicularisbinom. Trichostetha fascicularis is a large metallic green beetle found in South Africa Trichostetha fascicularisScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder ColeopteraFamily ScarabaeidaeSubfamily CetoniinaeGenus TrichostethaSpecies T fascicularisBinomial nameTrichostetha fascicularis Donovan 1805 Contents 1 Description 2 Habitat 3 Subspecies 4 ReferencesDescription editThe Protea Beetle is about 25mm long It has metallic green wing cases with a black head and thorax which has two white vertical stripes It has orange hairs growing around the bottom of its body 1 Habitat editIt is found in South Africa wherever proteas occur Adults feed on the pollen and nectar They live in fynbos mountainous habitats and residential gardens if its food supply is available Subspecies editT fascicularis has four subspecies a Trichostetha fascicularis maraisi Stobbia 1995 3 Trichostetha fascicularis natalis Burmeister 1842 2 Trichostetha fascicularis nigripennis Allard 1992 3 Trichostetha fascicularis prunipennis Burmeister 1842 2 References edit T fascicularis natalis and T fascicularis prunipennis were reinstated as valid subspecies per Holm amp Perissinotto 2011 2 Older sources may still list these as invalid Trichostetha fascicularis Protea Beetle www biodiversityexplorer org Archived from the original on 2008 09 28 a b c Holm E Perissinotto R March 2011 New Descriptions and Revisions of Southern African Cetoniinae Coleoptera Scarabaeidae I African Entomology Entomological Society of Southern Africa 19 1 88 95 doi 10 4001 003 019 0107 ISSN 1021 3589 S2CID 84780437 Retrieved 11 August 2014 a b Meyers P Espinosa R Parr C S Jones T Hammond G S Dewey T A 2014 Trichostetha classification The Animal Diversity Web University of Michigan Retrieved 11 August 2014 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trichostetha fascicularis This Cetoniinae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Trichostetha fascicularis amp oldid 1079444154, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
