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Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata

(Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata)

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Description

Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata is a species of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. This species has its origines in Africa where it is known from Cameroon, Centrafrique, Congo, Chad, Gabon, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo but also from several islands as São Tomé and Príncipe, Madagascar and Réunion. It was introduced to New Caledonia in 2008. Aspidimorpha is a large Old World genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae; there are some 200 species. The genus name is frequently misspelled as "Aspidomorpha", due to an unjustified spelling change in 1848.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Chrysomelidae
Genus:Aspidimorpha
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