Subspecies include:[2] These flower-loving scarabs, quite common in the mountains, are present in most of Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland).

The body of these medium-sized flower-loving scarabs is covered with pale green, bluish-green or yellow ocher scales.

Like other species of the genus Hoplia, it has fairly long hind legs terminated by a single nail.

[4] Adults can mostly be encountered from May through September in orchards, meadows and clearings feeding on pollen of flowers, especially Apiaceae species.

The larvae develop in the soil feeding on roots of various plants during the summer, then hibernate, emerging as adults in spring.