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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
POLYPHAGA
(mainly terrestrial beetles)
Scarabaeiformia
SCARABAEOIDEA
(scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SCARABAEIDAE
(dung and carrion beetles)
Cetonia
(a genus of chafers)
Cetonia aurata
(Rose Beetle)
Cetonia aurata
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioInfo (UK)

Cetonia aurata (L., 1758) (Rose Beetle)

BioImages BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Cetonia aurata (Rose Beetle)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds), 2006 (Colour photograph) A Coleopterist's handbook

General Works

Whitehead, P.F., 2004 Cetonia aurata breeding on holm oak in Somerset

Cetonia aurata may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)		 SCARABAEOIDEA
(scarabs, dung and stag beetles)		 SCARABAEIDAE
(dung and carrion beetles)
Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Cetonia aurata is associated with:

adult Rosa - roses (Rosales: Rosaceae) adult feeds on live bud Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
adult Rosa - roses (Rosales: Rosaceae) adult feeds on live flower Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
adult Rosa - roses (Rosales: Rosaceae) adult feeds on live leaf Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
larva Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose or Deciduous Trees larva feeds within dead wood Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
larva Herbaceous Plants - Herbaceous Plants larva feeds within dead compost Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998

There may be more taxa associated with Cetonia aurata listed at higher taxonomic level

INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Cetonia aurata:

Cetonia aurata may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)		 SCARABAEIDAE
(dung and carrion beetles)
Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

References

Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants
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