Popillia acuta is a species of beetle that was described by Edward Newman in 1838.

[1] It is found in Southwestern India and the East Indies.

[2][3] Adults have a bright and coppery-gold-green body with castaneous antennae.

Its clypeus is acute, prolonged, and turned upwards and its elytra testaceous with a bright and metallic lustre.

Their terminal segments are gold-green and individuals are about .45 inches (1.1 cm) long and .275 inches (0.70 cm) wide.