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Protaetia orientalis
This is an Oriental Flower Beetle that i found on the jack-fruit tree in my backyard. This beetle is brownish-black in color, and the size of this beetle is about 14 mm in length. This beetle is a pest to breadfruit because it feed on younger fruits, causing damage and drop of fruits.
- Spotted on the jack-fruit tree in my backyard.
- This beetle is from the Pentatomidae family.
* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Class: Insecta
* Order: Coleoptera
* Family: Scarabeidae
* Subfamily: Cetoniinae
* Genus: Protaetia
* Species: P. orientalis
Spotted on Apr 3, 2014
Submitted on Apr 3, 2014
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Cetoniinae