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Shining Leaf Chaffer.

Pelidnota sp.

Description:

A green scarab beetle in subfamily Rutelinae.

Habitat:

Found in Atlantic Forest, at Parque São Vicente on the grass.

Notes:

The town of the coordinates (lat: -22.538517, long: -43.228240) that I used for search, is not DUQUE DE CAXIAS, as reports the search map tool of this page, but PETRÓPOLIS, as shown here:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/22%C2%...

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Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 7, 2011
Submitted on Mar 1, 2016

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