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Species Pelidnota punctata - Grapevine Beetle
Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)
Tribe Rutelini
Genus Pelidnota
Species punctata (Grapevine Beetle)
Other Common Names Spotted June Beetle (June Bug), Spotted Pelidnota
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes Pelidnota punctata ( Linnaeus)
Orig. Comb: Scarabaeus punctatus Linnaeus 1758
Explanation of Names punctata - Latin for 'marked with pricks or punctures' (1)
Numbers 6 spp. in this genus n. of Mex. (2)
Identification Large, golden-yellow scarab with peripheral spots on pronotum and elytra. Apparently, southern (Carolinas) specimens have light brown legs, northern (Ohio and Michigan) specimens have dark legs
Range TX-FL-ME-SD / adj. Can. (BG data)
Habitat Deciduous forests and adjacent areas
Season mostly: May-August (BG data)
Food Adults feed on grape ( Vitis) foliage and fruit, both wild and cultivated species. Not a serious pest. (2)
Larvae host on dead Acer, Celtis, Juglans, Malus, Platanus, Quercus, Ulmus spp.
Life Cycle Eggs are laid on stumps and rotting logs. Larvae feed on decaying roots and stumps of trees, pupate in adjacent soil. Life cycle takes about two years. Adults emerge May-September and come to lights
Print References Dillon and Dillon, pp. 545-546, plate 53 (3)
Hardy, A.R. 1975. A revision of the genus Pelidnota of America North of Panama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; Rutelinae). University of California Publications in Entomology, 78: 1-43.
Internet References Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008
Works Cited 1. | Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company. |  |
2. | American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. |  |
3. | A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company. | |
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