Cyrtonus elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae |
Genus: | Cyrtonus |
Species: | C. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Cyrtonus elegans | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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