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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Gymnetini » Cotinis » Green Fig Beetle (Cotinis mutabilis)

Species Cotinis mutabilis - Green Fig Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)
Tribe Gymnetini
Genus Cotinis
Species mutabilis (Green Fig Beetle)
Other Common Names
Green Fruit Beetle, Figeater Beetle
Explanation of Names
Cotinis mutabilis (Gory & Percheron 1833)
Size
17‒34 mm(1)
Identification
the most widespread and variable species within the genus, with dozens of forms, some quite different in appearance, throughout its range(1)
Hind legs are generally unicolorous (femora usually pale in C. nitida)

...though metafemora may be partially pale:
pygidium mostly unicolorous (more strongly bicolored in C. nitida)

...but may be bicolored, too:
Range
CA‒TX to Costa Rica(1)
Food
Adults feed on ripe fruit and sometimes sap.
Life Cycle
oviposits in late summer in decaying organic matter (e.g. compost, dung); pupates in spring, adults emerge in mid- to late summer
Works Cited
1.A Revision of the Genus Cotinis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Goodrich, M.A. 1966. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 59: 550-568.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 30 August, 2005 - 10:43am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, James Bailey
Last updated 16 October, 2024 - 4:05pm

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