Popillia bipunctata

Popillia bipunctata
	Popillia bipunctata from Mozambique
Scientific 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,^[2] 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.

This species has an afrotropical distribution range (East Africa, Ethiopia, Cape, Congo).^[1]

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

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