Colasposoma viridivittatum

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Colasposoma viridivittatum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colasposoma
Subgenus: Colasposoma (Colasposoma)
Species:
C. viridivittatum
Binomial name
Colasposoma viridivittatum
Baly, 1865 [1]

Colasposoma viridivittatum is a species of leaf beetle of Mali, observed by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1865. [2]

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References

  1. Baly, J. S. (1864). "Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Phytophaga". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 12 (5): 427–440. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1864.tb00115.x.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Mali". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 30, 2016.