Aslamidium coca

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Aslamidium coca is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ecuador.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Suborder:Polyphaga
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Aslamidium coca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Aslamidium
Species:
A. coca
Binomial name
Aslamidium coca
Borowiec, 1998[1]
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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.8 mm. They have a pale yellow pronotum. The elytron is also pale yellow, but with a black pattern consisting of small dots, a Y-shaped spot, a triangular spot and a transverse spot.

Etymology

The species is named after both the coca shrub and Coca village in Napo District (Ecuador).[3]

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