Chrysina gloriosa

Chrysina gloriosa
	Chrysina gloriosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Chrysina
Species:	C. gloriosa
Binomial name
	Chrysina gloriosa; (LeConte, 1854)
Synonyms
	Plusiotis gloriosa

Chrysina gloriosa is a species of scarab whose common names are glorious beetle and glorious scarab. The adults are 25 to 28 millimetres (0.98 to 1.10 in) long and are bright green with silver stripes on the elytra. These iridescent stripes on the cuticle of the elytra are a result of cholesteric liquid crystal organization of chitin molecules.[1] The differences in color are a result of the microscopic structure of each section, with green reflected from cusp-like structures and silver reflected from flat layers parallel to the surface of the elytra.[2][3]The adults eat juniper leaves at a high elevation and are able to camouflage by blending in with plants. The species is sometimes incorrectly thought to be endangered,[4] but has never been listed either in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species or under the United States Endangered Species Act. An invalid synonym used to be Plusiotis gloriosa.[5]

References

Agez, Gonzague (2017). "Multiwavelength micromirrors in the cuticle of scarab beetle Chrysina gloriosa". Acta Biomaterialia. 48: 357–367. doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2016.11.033. PMID 27856284.
del Rio, Lia Fernandez (2014). "Polarizing properties and structural characteristics of the cuticle of the scarab Beetle Chrysina gloriosa". Thin Solid Films. 571: 410–415. Bibcode:2014TSF...571..410F. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2013.11.149.
Wang, Zuojia (2016). "Circular Dichroism Metamirrors with Near-Perfect Extinction". ACS Photonics. 3 (11): 2096–2101. doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00533. S2CID 24030869.
Arnett, Ross H., Jr.; Richard L. Jacques, Jr. (1981). Simon & Schuster's Guide To Insects. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 108. ISBN 0-671-25014-0.
"Species Chrysina gloriosa — Glorious Scarab". Bug Guide. Retrieved September 18, 2009.

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[1] Agez, Gonzague (2017). "Multiwavelength micromirrors in the cuticle of scarab beetle Chrysina gloriosa". Acta Biomaterialia. 48: 357–367. doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2016.11.033. PMID 27856284.

[2] Rio, Lia Fernandez (2014). "Polarizing properties and structural characteristics of the cuticle of the scarab Beetle Chrysina gloriosa". Thin Solid Films. 571: 410–415. Bibcode:2014TSF...571..410F. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2013.11.149.

[3] Wang, Zuojia (2016). "Circular Dichroism Metamirrors with Near-Perfect Extinction". ACS Photonics. 3 (11): 2096–2101. doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00533. S2CID 24030869.

[4] Arnett, Ross H., Jr.; Richard L. Jacques, Jr. (1981). Simon & Schuster's Guide To Insects. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 108. ISBN 0-671-25014-0.

[5] "Species Chrysina gloriosa — Glorious Scarab". Bug Guide. Retrieved September 18, 2009.