Not an answer to your question, but some more info on white spotted rose beetles, in case folks equate that common name with just that one species Oxythyrea funestra...
Several of the species of Oxythyrea are confusable, which can result in some online references being misnamed - so beware.
Here's a page allowing comparison of spotting in three species
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http://www.kaefer-der-welt.com/oxythyrea.htmHowever:
- there are more than a dozen species, and I have yet to find a key / photo-comparator / distribution comparator that covers them all
- it is not just the spotting (underside as well as topside) that differentiates the species; hairiness also needs to be considered, as shown in the key in this paper -
http://www.entomology.org.il/sites/default/files/pdfs/Rittner.pdf The Latin naming issue is not helped by several species being loosely referred-to as 'white-spotted rose beetle', although in a sense it is handy to have the broad English name to fall back on when one cannot ID a particular specimen as far as species.
If in doubt about species ID, I suggest contacting Guido Sabatinelli, who runs the site
"The Scarabs of the Levant, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Sinai"
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http://www.glaphyridae.com/index.htmlHere is his page on O. cinctella, for instance, including excellent diagnostic diagrams
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http://www.glaphyridae.com/Cetoniinae/Ox_cinctella.html Here are the ones in my garden in western Cyprus, enjoying my red hot pokers
Refs:
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http://www.kaefer-der-welt.com/oxythyrea_noemi.htm-
http://www.naturewonders.org/picture?/2517Mike