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Photo#61999
Scarab - Nipponoserica peregrina - female

Scarab - Nipponoserica peregrina - Female
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
June 20, 2006
Size: About 1 cm
Nipponoserica peregrina perhaps? Found this reference here.

Is Nipponoserica peregrina introduced?

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Scarab - Nipponoserica peregrina - female Scarab - Nipponoserica peregrina

Moved
Moved from Serica.

Fairly sure this is a female Nipponoserica peregrina. Although not showing up as light colored as in most photos here, the shiny dark head with a contrasting pale clypeus should indicate this species.

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Serica sp.
Not Nipponoserica - which is indeed an introduced sp., but doesn't seem to have spread rapidly. Maladera castanea, another introduced sp. has done better.

Serica sp.
Not Nipponoserica - which is indeed an introduced sp., but doesn't seem to have spread rapidly. Maladera castanea, another introduced sp. has done better.