Trichiotinus lunulatus

Trichiotinus lunulatus, known generally as the emerald flower scarab or metallic green flower scarab, is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2]

Trichiotinus lunulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Cetoniinae
Genus:
Trichiotinus
Species:
T. lunulatus
Binomial name
Trichiotinus lunulatus
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Trichius carolinensis Fabricius, 1775
  • Trichius rasilicaudus Gmelin, 1790
  • Trichius rufiventris Casey, 1914
  • Trichius semiviridis Casey, 1914
  • Trichius virens Casey, 1915
  • Trichius viridulus Casey, 1915

References
  1. "Trichiotinus lunulatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  2. "Trichiotinus lunulatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

Further reading
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.



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