Tumbling Nun

Mordella melaena

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Mordellidae

Mordella melaena is a species of beetle in the genus Mordella of the family Mordellidae, which is part of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. It was discovered in 1824.

Distribution

Tumbling Nun — (c) aispinsects, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2Canada · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) aispinsects, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMordella melaena, Wikipedia contributors

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