Phyllophaga micans in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Phyllophaga micans in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Phyllophaga micans in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Phyllophaga micans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Phyllophaga |
| Species: | P. micans
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllophaga micans (Knoch, 1801)
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Phyllophaga micans is a species in the family Scarabaeidae ("scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2] Adults are 15–17mm long, dark colored with the appearance of a pale, dust-like coating, and feed on hardwood trees. It ranges from Connecticut and New York in the north, south to Georgia, and west to Kansas and Texas.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Phyllophaga micans Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ a b "Phyllophaga micans Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Phyllophaga micans Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4008-5182-9.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Evans, Arthur V. (2003). "A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)".
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.