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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Rhizotrogini » May Beetles (Phyllophaga) » Subgenus Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga Subgenus Phyllophaga) » Phyllophaga crassissima

Species Phyllophaga crassissima

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Phyllophaga crassissima (Blanchard) - Phyllophaga crassissima Phyllophaga crassissima (Blanchard) - Phyllophaga crassissima Phyllophaga sp. - Phyllophaga crassissima - female Phyllophaga crassissima - female Phyllophaga tail - Phyllophaga crassissima Phyllophaga crassissima (Blanchard, 1850) - Phyllophaga crassissima - female Phyllophaga crassissima Phyllophaga crassissima
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 Rhizotrogini
Genus Phyllophaga (May Beetles)
No Taxon (Subgenus Phyllophaga)
Species crassissima (Phyllophaga crassissima)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllophaga crassissima (Blanchard)
Orig. Comb: Ancylonycha crassissima Blanchard 1850
Explanation of Names
crass (L). 'thick' (1)
Size
15-21 mm (2)
Range
sc US (NM-LA-IN-SD), plus a few scattered eastern records - Map (2)(3)
Season
Mar-Aug (2)
Food
Host families: Buckwheat, elm, geranium, mulberry, plantain, primrose, rose, tupelo. (2)
Remarks
abundant and destructive to crops in some locations (2)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.May Beetles of the United States and Canada
Luginbill and Painter. 1953. USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1060.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 26 April, 2009 - 10:11pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 May, 2023 - 1:25am

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