Popillia bipunctata explained

Popillia bipunctata, the yellow shining leaf chafer,^[1] 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.ispotnature.org/node/583038 Ispotnature