''Popillia acuta'' is a species of

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that was described by Edward Newman in 1838. It has been debated whether or not ''P. acuta'' is the same species as '' P. nasuta.'' It is found in Southwestern

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and the

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Description

Adults have a bright and coppery-gold-green body with castaneous antennae. Its

clypeus The clypeus is one of the sclerites that make up the face of an arthropod. In insects, the clypeus delimits the lower margin of the face, with the labrum articulated along the ventral margin of the clypeus. The mandibles bracket the labrum, but ...

is acute, prolonged, and turned upwards and its elytra testaceous with a bright and metallic lustre. Their terminal segments are gold-green and individuals are about long and wide.

References

Rutelinae Taxa named by Edward Newman {{Rutelinae-stub