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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) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Cyclocephalini » Rice Beetles (Dyscinetus) » Rice Beetle (Dyscinetus morator)

Species Dyscinetus morator - Rice Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Mating scarabs - Dyscinetus morator - male - female Dyscinetus morator - male Scarab with ants - Dyscinetus morator D. morator - Dyscinetus morator beetle - Dyscinetus morator Diplotaxis? - Dyscinetus morator Rice Beetle - Dyscinetus morator - female
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 Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)
Tribe Cyclocephalini
Genus Dyscinetus (Rice Beetles)
Species morator (Rice Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chalepus trachypygus Burmeister 1847
Dyscinetus bitumorosus Casey 1915
Dyscinetus borealis Casey 1915
Dyscinetus discedens Casey 1915
Size
15-20 mm
Identification
Brownish with a greenish tinge above. Front tarsi and claw (of male only?) thickened, as in Cyclocephala (1).
Range
Eastern United States, especially common in southeast. Iowa, Kansas, Texas, eastward through southeast, north to Rhode Island.
Season
March-September (South Carolina). April-July, November (North Carolina).
Life Cycle
Adults come to lights. Larvae feed under sod, in compost, manure (2). Two generations per year in Florida. Though called "rice beetle", it does little, if any damage to crops (University of Florida).
See Also
Sugarcane Beetle, Euetheola humilis, is similar in appearance.
Print References
Harpootlian, p. 106, fig. 203 (1)
Sikes, p. 130 (2)
Brimley, p. 206, records form eastern North Carolina (3)
Internet References
University of Florida Featured Creatures: Dyscinetus morator
Works Cited
1.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
2.The Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island, an Annotated Checklist
By Derek Sikes
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 23 February, 2006 - 10:48am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 10 October, 2006 - 8:50pm

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