page_title: Exosoma lusitanicum
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Exosoma lusitanicum / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Exosoma lusitanicum
context_page_description: Exosoma lusitanicum or daffodil leaf beetle is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.
context_section_description: Exosoma lusitanicum can reach a length of 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in). These small beetles have an elongated, oval and glabrous body. Its pronotum is very finely punctured, convex, and wider than long. Elytra are tight and finely punctured. The basic colour of the pronotum and elytra is shiny red-orange. The head, the antennae, the legs and the abdomen are black.
  This species is similar to Exososoma theryi.
caption: Mating pair
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