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Colobothea lunulata

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 14, 2024
Entity authorityQ14836746 ↗
Source-derived summary

Colobothea lunulata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1859. It is known from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

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The public source identifies “Colobothea lunulata” as species of beetle. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Colobothea, lunulata and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1859—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Colobothea, lunulata and species providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 14, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q14836746. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1859.

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This entry incorporates text from “Colobothea lunulata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.