Popillia acuta
| Popillia acuta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Popillia |
| Species: | P. acuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Popillia acuta Newman, 1838
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Popillia acuta is a species of beetle that was described by Edward Newman in 1838. It has been debated whether or not P. acuta is the same species as P. nasuta.[1] It is found in Southwestern India and the East Indies.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults have a bright and coppery-gold-green body with castaneous antennae. Its clypeus is acute, prolonged, and turned upwards and its elytra testaceous with a bright and metallic lustre. Their terminal segments are gold-green and individuals are about .45 inches (1.1 cm) long and .275 inches (0.70 cm) wide.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Sabatinelli, Guido (1993). "Note Tassonomiche su Trenta Specie Orientali E Paleartiche del Genere Popillia" [Note: Taxonomy of Thirty Species: Oriental and Palearticles of Genere Popillia] (PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica. 25: 98.
- ^ "Popillia acuta Newman, 1838". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ a b The Entomologist. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 1842.