''Colaspidea oblonga'' is a species of
beetle in the family
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
that can be found on
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...
and
Crete. It can also be found in such European countries as
France,
Germany, and the
Italian islands of
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
,
Sardinia, and
Sicily (including the mainland). Besides the
central European countries, it can also be found in all states of former
Yugoslavia, except for
North Macedonia, and in
Tunisia.
References
Eumolpinae
Beetles described in 1855
Beetles of Europe
Taxa named by Émile Blanchard
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