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Species Hoshihananomia octopunctata

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Mordellidae (Tumbling Flower Beetles)
Tribe Mordellini
Genus Hoshihananomia
Species octopunctata (Hoshihananomia octopunctata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hoshihananomia octopunctata (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Mordella octopunctata Fabricius, 1775
Size
6-7 mm
Identification
pattern distinctive
Range
e. N. Amer. to TX (1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.