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Astylus trifasciatus

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Astylus trifasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Melyridae
Genus: Astylus
Species:
A. trifasciatus
Binomial name
Astylus trifasciatus

Astylus trifasciatus (Spanish: pololo común) is a species of beetles native to Chile. Adult specimens are approximately 1.5 cm in length. They have orange-colored elytra with a black stripe down the center bisecting the insect and two black stripes trisecting the wing shells. They feed on flowering plants, and are known to forage pollen from the orchid Bipinnula fimbriata.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Monzón, Víctor H.; Araujo, Rodrigo O.; Avendaño, Patricio; Garrido, Rubén; Mesquita-Neto, José N. (December 2019). "Discovering new floral visitors of four Chilean endemic orchids". Gayana. 83 (2): 141–144. doi:10.4067/S0717-65382019000200141. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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