Pentilia chelsea Gordon & Gonzalez, 2019 is a animal in the Coccinellidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pentilia chelsea Gordon & Gonzalez, 2019

Pentilia chelsea Gordon & Gonzalez, 2019

Pentilia chelsea is a small beetle species with distinct black and yellow patterning on its adult body.

Family
Genus
Pentilia
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pentilia chelsea Gordon & Gonzalez, 2019

Scientific name: Pentilia chelsea Gordon & Gonzalez, 2019

Description: Adult individuals of this species reach a body length of approximately 2 to 2.4 millimeters. Their bodies are primarily black, with a yellow head. The outermost lateral one-third of the pronotum is yellow, and each elytron bears a large yellow spot.

Photo: (c) Daniel Velasco C., some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Daniel Velasco C. · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Pentilia

More from Coccinellidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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