Gametis versicolor (Fabricius, 1775) is a animal in the Scarabaeidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Gametis versicolor (Fabricius, 1775)

Gametis versicolor (Fabricius, 1775)

Gametis versicolor is a flower chafer found in Asia and the Seychelles that feeds on flowers and damages crops in India.

Family
Genus
Gametis
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Gametis versicolor (Fabricius, 1775)

Gametis versicolor is a species of flower chafer that occurs in Asia, and it has also been recorded from the Seychelles Islands. This species typically feeds on flowers that it visits, and it may contribute to pollination for a small number of plant species. In India, Gametis versicolor has been documented to cause economic damage to crops including cotton, millets, lentils, and oilseed crops.

Photo: (c) Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dr. Alexey Yakovlev · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Gametis

More from Scarabaeidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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