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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Chrysina |
| Species: | C. lecontei
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| Chrysina lecontei (Horn, 1882)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Chrysina lecontei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Chrysina lecontei species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Chrysina lecontei". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ a b "Chrysina lecontei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Chrysina lecontei (Horn)". Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum - Division of Entomology. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
Further reading
edit- Moore, M. R.; Jameson, M. L.; Garner, B. H.; Audibert, C.; et al. (2017). "Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies". ZooKeys (666): 1–349. doi:10.3897/zookeys.666.9191. PMC 5534527. PMID 28769631.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.