Colaspidea metallica

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Colaspidea metallica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colaspidea
Species:
C. metallica
Binomial name
Colaspidea metallica
(Rossi, 1790)
Synonyms [1]

Colaspidea metallica is a species of beetle in the Chrysomelidae family that can be found on the Greek island Corfu [2] and the Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily. It can also be found in France. [3]

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References

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