Popillia bipunctata

Popillia bipunctata
Popillia bipunctata from Mozambique
Scientific classification
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 [1]

Popillia bipunctata, the Yellow Shining Leaf Chafer,^[2] is a species of scarab beetles.

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).^[1]

References[]

• 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