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Species Nipponoserica peregrina

Beetle - Nipponoserica peregrina Nipponoserica peregrina? - Nipponoserica peregrina Nipponoserica peregrina NJ Nipponoserica peregrina - Nipponoserica peregrina Orange may beetle - Nipponoserica peregrina Nipponoserica peregrina? - Nipponoserica peregrina Nipponoserica peregrina Nipponoserica peregrina
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 Nipponoserica
Species peregrina (Nipponoserica peregrina)
Other Common Names
Nipponoserica peregrina (Chapin 1938)
Remarks
Non native, introduced from Japan.

Comes to lights, along with the similar Maladera castanea
See Also
Maladera, Serica