Species Anomala innuba

Anomala innuba (Fabricius)

Orig. Comb: Melolontha innuba Fabricius 1787

6 to 9 mm (1)

Elytra immaculate to spotted, banded or black, nearly always with dark area over apical umbone; head often bicolorous pale brown and blackish; pronotal macula triangulate with waist-like constriction near anterior margin, uncommonly varying to entirely black; scutellum pale or narrowly dark-margined, rarely entirely dark except in black form.

e US (TX-FL-PA-NE) - Map (2)(3)

Generally a summer species, June and July. (1)

Spring and fall flight period in Florida (Buss 2006)

Anomala undulata is larger, head not distinctly bicolorous; scutellum mostly dark:

- Range: e. US

Det. Cotinis, 2007

Buss, E.A. 2006. Flight activity and relative abundance of Phytophagous Scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from two locations in Florida. Florida Entomologist 89: 32-40. (PDF)