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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Rutelini » Pelidnota » Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata)

Species Pelidnota punctata - Grapevine Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Pelidnota punctata, Grapevine Beetle - Pelidnota punctata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)

Tribe Rutelini

Genus Pelidnota

Species punctata (Grapevine Beetle)

Other Common Names

Spotted June Beetle (June Bug), Spotted Pelidnota

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelidnota punctata (Linnaeus)

Orig. Comb: Scarabaeus punctatus Linnaeus 1758

Explanation of Names

punctata - Latin for 'marked with pricks or punctures' (1)

Numbers

6 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

17-27 mm

Identification

Large, golden-yellow scarab with peripheral spots on pronotum and elytra. Apparently, southern (Carolinas) specimens have light brown legs, northern (Ohio and Michigan) specimens have dark legs

Range

TX-FL-ME-SD / adj. Can. (BG data)

Habitat

Deciduous forests and adjacent areas

Season

May-August (BG data)

Food

Adults feed on grape (Vitis) foliage and fruit (2)

Larvae host on dead Acer, Celtis, Juglans, Malus, Platanus, Quercus, Ulmus spp.

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid on stumps and rotting logs. Larvae feed on decaying roots and stumps of trees, pupate in adjacent soil. Adults emerge May-September and come to lights

Print References

Dillon and Dillon, pp. 545-546, plate 53 (3)

Hardy, A.R. 1975. A revision of the genus Pelidnota of America North of Panama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; Rutelinae). University of California Publications in Entomology, 78: 1-43.

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008

Works Cited

1.	Bee fly ?

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

3.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2004 - 11:57pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 May, 2012 - 8:09pm

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