Abdera flexuosa

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Abdera flexuosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Melandryidae
Genus: Abdera
Species:
A. flexuosa
Binomial name
Abdera flexuosa
(Paykull, 1799)

Abdera flexuosa is a species of false darkling beetle (Melandryidae). [1] (Paykull, 1799)

It associates with plants:

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References

  1. "Abdera flexuosa — Information on Abdera flexuosa". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 29 September 2014.