Chiloloba

Chiloloba acuta is a species of flower chafer beetle the in family Scarabaeidae, and the sole member of its genus.

The adult beetles are shiny metallic green and can sometimes appear red or deep blue.

The elytra are raised into a ridge along the edge where they meet towards the hind end of the body.

[1] Adults will sometimes feed on cultivated cereal and millet crops such as sorghum and maize, damaging flowers and grain.

The immatures feed on decaying matter and have a role in movement of soil nutrients.

Note the medial ridge on the elytra