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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Anomalini » Anomala » Oriental Beetle (Anomala orientalis)

Species Anomala orientalis - Oriental Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
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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 Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)
Tribe Anomalini
Genus Anomala
Species orientalis (Oriental Beetle)
Other Common Names
Asiatic Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllopertha orientalis, Blitopertha orientalis, Anomala orientalis, Exomala orientalis
Explanation of Names
Exomala orientalis (Waterhouse 1875)
Size
7-13 mm(1)
Identification
Range
adventive in e. NA (*NS-GA to ON-WI-*MO)(1)(2)(*BG data), and spreading; native to E. Asia
Habitat
larvae in lawn soil, adults occasionally on flowers
Season
mostly: May-Aug (BG data)
Food
larvae feed on roots just beneath ground surface
Life Cycle
Remarks
earliest US records: 1920s
See Also
Anomala innuba (Fabricius)
- Range: e. US
Det. E. G. Riley, 2010
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 3 March, 2005 - 3:48pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 June, 2024 - 2:48pm

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