Aulacophora nigripennis Motschulsky, 1857 is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Aulacophora nigripennis Motschulsky, 1857

Aulacophora nigripennis Motschulsky, 1857

Aulacophora nigripennis is a small beetle with a black dotted exoskeleton and bright orange head and thorax.

Family
Genus
Aulacophora
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Aulacophora nigripennis Motschulsky, 1857

This species of beetle, Aulacophora nigripennis Motschulsky, 1854, is relatively small. It has a hard black exoskeleton that bears faint yellowish dots along its sides. Its head is a deep, bright orange. It also has a large, compartmentalized thorax that is orange in color.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Aulacophora

More from Chrysomelidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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