Biology:Lucignolo capensis

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Short description: Species of leaf beetle from South Africa

Lucignolo capensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Euryopini
Genus: Lucignolo
Zoia, 2010[2]
Species:
L. capensis
Binomial name
Lucignolo capensis
(Lefèvre, 1890)[1]
Synonyms

Trichostola capensis Lefèvre, 1890

Lucignolo capensis is a species of leaf beetle endemic to South Africa , and the only member of the genus Lucignolo.[3] It was first described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1890 as a species of the genus Trichostola. It was later found to be closely related to Odontionopa, and was placed in its own genus by Stefano Zoia in 2010.[2]

The genus is named after Lucignolo (or "Candlewick"), a character from Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio. This name refers to the shiny, delicate body of L. capensis. [2]

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