Balyana sculptilis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Balyana |
| Species: | B. sculptilis |
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| Balyana sculptilis | |
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Balyana sculptilis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Adults reach a length of about 7.3-9.3 mm (males) and 7.8-10 mm (females). Subspecies sculptilis is uniformly yellow, while the head, antennae, underparts and middle and hind legs are black. Subspecies chiromensis is also mostly yellow, but has a black medial line on the pronotum and the elytra are bicoloured (yellow and black).[2]