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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Anomalini » Strigoderma » Sand Chafer (Strigoderma arbicola)

Species Strigoderma arbicola - Sand Chafer

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Scarabaeidae, Sand Chafer - Strigoderma arbicola

Scarabaeidae, Sand Chafer, dorsal - Strigoderma arbicola

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 Strigoderma

Species arbicola (Sand Chafer)

Other Common Names

Spring Rose Beetle, False Japanese Beetle, Rose Chafer

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

S. arboricola - misspelling(1); see: (2)

Explanation of Names

Strigoderma arbicola Fabricius 1792

Size

8.2-12.5 mm(3)

Identification

Distinctly striate elytra, punctate pronotum; extensive setae over much of the body(3)

Typically reddish; occasionally black

Range

e. US to AZ - Map (3)(4)

Habitat

Prefer open over wooded areas, frequents wide variety of flowers(3)

Season

Jun-Jul in NE(3)

Remarks

Adults occasionally locally abundant; comes to lights(3)

See Also

Anomala insitiva Robinson

- Range: s. TX

Det. E. G. Riley, 2011

Works Cited

1.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.

2.	A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae Hardy A. 1991. USDA Agric. Handbook 529-34b, 57 pp.

3.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 12 March, 2006 - 10:32am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Bradshaw, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 February, 2022 - 4:58pm

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