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Lucignolo capensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Euryopini
Genus:	Lucignolo Zoia, 2010
Species:	L. capensis
Binomial name
Lucignolo capensis (Lefèvre, 1890)
Synonyms
Trichostola capensis Lefèvre, 1890

Lucignolo capensis is a species of leaf beetle endemic to South Africa, and the only member of the genus Lucignolo. It was first described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1890 as a species of the genus Trichostola. It was later found to be closely related to Odontionopa, and was placed in its own genus by Stefano Zoia in 2010.

The genus is named after Lucignolo (or "Candlewick"), a character from Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio. This name refers to the shiny, delicate body of L. capensis.

References

1. Lefèvre, E. (1889). "Description of new species of South African Eumolpidae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 6 (1): 39–43. doi:10.1080/21560382.1889.9526253.
2. ^ Zoia, S. (2010). "New data on African Eumolpinae from the collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Basel (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey. 32: 323–341.
3. "Lucignolo". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

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