Helota thoracica
| Helota thoracica | |
|---|---|
| C, D: female; E, F: male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Helotidae |
| Genus: | Helota |
| Species: | H. thoracica
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| Binomial name | |
| Helota thoracica Ritsema, 1895
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Helota thoracica is a species of beetle of the Helotidae family. This species is found in China (Sichuan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Chongqing, Hainan), Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
Adults have been recorded on weeping willows with sap exuding from the trees, and they were observed feeding on this sap.[1]
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