Chrysina lecontei

Chrysina lecontei
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Chrysina
Species:	C. lecontei
Binomial name
	Chrysina lecontei; (Horn, 1882)
Synonyms
	Plusiotina aeruginis Casey, 1915 ; Plusiotina angusta Casey, 1915 ; Plusiotina sonorica Casey, 1915 ; Plusiotina subenodis Casey, 1915 ;

Chrysina lecontei, or Leconte's chrysina, is a species of shining leaf chafer in the family of beetles known as Scarabaeidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It is found in southern United States (Arizona and New Mexico) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora and Zacatecas).^[4]^[5]

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