Polybaphes sanguinolenta
Polybaphes sanguinolenta | |
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Polybaphes sanguinolenta. Mounted specimen on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
Genus: | Polybaphes |
Species: | P. sanguinolenta |
Binomial name | |
Polybaphes sanguinolenta (Olivier, 1789) | |
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Polybaphes sanguinolenta is a species of fruit and flower chafers belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.
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Polybaphes sanguinolenta from Senegal
Description
Polybaphes sanguinolenta can reach a length of about 15–16 millimetres (0.59–0.63 in).[2] Elytra are black with yellow markings.
It is considered a pest of Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and cotton.[3][4][5]
Distribution
This species is widespread in West, East and South Africa (Senegal, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, RCA, South Africa, Uganda). [4][6][7][8]
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