Cerataltica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
Tribe: | Alticini |
Genus: | Cerataltica Crotch, 1873 |
Species: | C. insolita |
Binomial name | |
Cerataltica insolita (Melsheimer, 1847) | |
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