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Amara erratica

Status not recordedbeetles

Amara erratica is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 8 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 29 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about Amara erratica

Weight
Not recorded
Length
6 mm – 8 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
29 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Amara erratica?

AMARA ERRATICA · LENGTH 8 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 8 mm, the recorded maximum length of the amara erratica is about 0.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Amara erratica live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Amara erratica is listed for 29 countries.

CanadaKazakhstanNorwayFranceMongoliaKyrgyzstanArmeniaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaGermanyBulgariaAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandSpainChinaItalyIcelandAzerbaijanGeorgiaSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaJapanMacedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Armenia
  3. Austria
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Canada
  7. China
  8. Croatia
  9. Finland
  10. France
  11. Georgia
  12. Germany
  13. Hungary
  14. Iceland
  15. Italy
  16. Japan
  17. Kazakhstan
  18. Kyrgyzstan
  19. Mongolia
  20. North Macedonia
  21. Norway
  22. Poland
  23. Romania
  24. Slovakia
  25. Slovenia
  26. Spain
  27. Sweden
  28. Switzerland
  29. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Amara erratica endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Amara erratica classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusAmara
  7. SpeciesAmara erratica (Duftschmid, 1812)

Synonyms Amara affinis, Amara antennata, Amara atra, Amara aurichalcea, Amara bicolor, Amara caucasicola, Amara cuprea, Amara cupricolor, Amara depressa, Amara graculus, Amara mandibularis, Amara marginata, Amara minor, Amara nigroaenea, Amara nivina, Amara obscuricornis, Amara punctulata, Amara rufipes, Amara rugulosa, Amara septentrionalis, Amara sibirica, Amara subfoveolata, Amara torva, Amara tripunctata, Amara trophina, Amara unifoveolata, Amara ventralis, Amara versicolor, Amara viridis, Amara xenechthum, Carabus erraticus, Celia erratica, Celia nivina, Celia rugulosa, Celia trophina, Celia xenechthum, Percosia erratica

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • lapinsiemenkiitäjäinenFinnish
  • クロヒゲマルガタゴミムシJapanese
  • lappkornlöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Amara erratica

Other species in the same genus Amara.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Amara erratica?

An adult Amara erratica measures 6 mm – 8 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Amara erratica live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Amara erratica for 29 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Amara erratica?

Amara erratica (Amara erratica) belongs to the family Carabidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Amara erratica (Amara erratica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/amara-erratica

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BibTeX
@misc{amara_erratica_2026,
  title = {Amara erratica (Amara erratica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/amara-erratica},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}