Macroplea japana

Macroplea japana is a species of beetle from the family of leaf beetles of the subfamily Donaciinae. Beetle is up to 6 mm. in length. It was previously considered to be a subspecies of Macroplea mutica.

Macroplea japana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Donaciinae
Genus:	Macroplea
Species:	M. japana
Binomial name
Macroplea japana (Jacoby, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
Haemonia japana Jacoby, 1885

Distribution

The beetle can be found in Asian countries like Japan, and Primorsky krai of Russia. It considered to be a native species of Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. In North America it is considered to be an invasive species since the 1950s.^[2]