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Malachite beetle, net winged beetle, etcMalachite beetle, Malachius bipustulatus 1, net-winged beetles, Lycus melanurus 2, Lycus punctatus 3, Saperda punctata 4, Saperda species 5, Trichodes octopunctatus 6 and Trichodes apiarius 7
Brixton Beauty, Acontia nitidula (Phalaena catena). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects
Curtis British Entomology Plate 724Hymenoptera: Cleptes nitidula = Cleptes nitidulus [Plant: Trinia glauca (Trinia glaberrima, Dwarf Burnet Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 675Coleoptera: Nitidula colon = Omosita colon [Plant: Tanacetum parthenium (Pyrethrum parthenium, Common Feverfew)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 276Lepidoptera: Acontia catena = Acontia nitidula (Brixton Beauty Moth). Improbably British, despite retention in check lists. [Plant: Papaver rhoeas (Common Red Poppy)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 31Coleoptera: Buprestis nitidula = Anthaxia nitidula (Glittering Buprestis) [Plant: Crataegus sp. (Crataegus oxyacantha, White-thorn)] Date: 1824-39