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Popillia bipunctata

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Species of beetle

Popillia bipunctata
Popillia bipunctata from Mozambique
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Popillia
Species: P. bipunctata
Binomial name
Popillia bipunctata
Fabricius, 1787
Synonyms
  • Popillia apicalis Kraatz, 1892
  • Popillia limbata Boheman, 1857
  • Scarabaeus punctulatus Linnaeus, 1790

Popillia bipunctata , the yellow shining leaf chafer, is a species of scarab beetle.

Description

Body length 14 mm, smooth and elongate in shape with quite stout black legs. Pronotum is shining black, while elytra are orange.

Distribution

This species has an afrotropical distribution range (East Africa, Ethiopia, Cape, Congo).

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of life
  2. Ispotnature
  • Fabricius J.C. (1787) Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Tom.I, Christ.Gottl.Proft., Hafniae :1-348
Taxon identifiers
Popillia bipunctata


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