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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Melolonthini » Lined June Beetles (Polyphylla) » Ten-lined June Beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata)

Species Polyphylla decemlineata - Ten-lined June Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Habitat
Polyphylla decemlineata? - Polyphylla decemlineata Ten-lined June Beetle - Polyphylla decemlineata - male Polyphylla decemlineata Scarabaeidae - Polyphylla decemlineata Polyphylla sp - a June-lined beetle - Polyphylla decemlineata June Beetle - Polyphylla decemlineata - female Polyphylla decemlineata Male/Female Pair - Polyphylla decemlineata - male - female
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 Melolonthini
Genus Polyphylla (Lined June Beetles)
Species decemlineata (Ten-lined June Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Polyphylla decemlineata (Say 1824)
Size
22-28 mm
Identification
Brown, body with yellow and white scales each located within a puncture; elytra with broad white stripes; antennal plates very large.
Habitat
Larvae in soil. Adults come to lights
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 8 July, 2005 - 10:50am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 July, 2023 - 3:12pm

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