Anthaxia thunbergi Gory & Laporte, 1839
General distribution: Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Province records: CA, ER, HA, KA, KH, KU, OD
♂: NA, Khomas Highland, ~2000 m.s.l., SGCB.
Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Type repository:
Lectotype ♀: MNHN
Ecology:
Most probably various species of Acacia sp. (Fabaceae) are host plants of this species. Adult beetles are not regular flower-visitors (Bílý & Kubáň 2000).
Flight period:
VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, I, II, III, IV
Size:
5.7-8.8 mm
Remarks:
Common species.
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