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Species Maladera formosae - Asiatic Garden Beetle

Another Scarab at Lights - Maladera formosae June Bug - Maladera formosae - male - female Asiatic Garden Beetle - Maladera formosae right hind leg, asiatic garden beetle - Maladera formosae Asiatic Garden Beetle - Maladera formosae Beetle - Maladera formosae Maladera castanea - Maladera formosae Sericini - Maladera formosae
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Melolonthinae (May Beetles and Junebugs)
Tribe Sericini
Genus Maladera
Species formosae (Asiatic Garden Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Maladera castanea (Arrow 1913)
Explanation of Names
Maladera formosae (Brenske 1898)
presumably named after Formosa (the early European name for Taiwan)
Size
8-11 mm(1)
Identification
Most closely resembles Serica, but has the hind tibiae wider. Ventrites 5 thru 7 have a transverse row of spines extending the width of each segment. Backward projecting hairs on top of head
Range
adventive e NA, e. of the Miss. R. (NS-FL-AL to KS) - Map (1)(2), native to temperate East Asia
Season
Jun-Sep
Food
Feeds at night on leaves of roses, chrysanthemums.
Life Cycle
Larvae are found in turf, gardens
Remarks
Comes to lights, sometimes in great numbers
earliest record in our area: NJ 1921(1)
Print References
(3)(4)
Internet References
Featured Creatures (Skelley 2013)(1)