Biology:Phyllophaga micans
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Species: | P. micans
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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
- ↑ "Phyllophaga micans Species Information". Iowa State University. https://bugguide.net/node/view/389864. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Phyllophaga micans Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=928069. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ↑ "Phyllophaga micans Species Overview". http://eol.org/pages/17942724/overview. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ↑ Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. pp. 164. ISBN 978-1-4008-5182-9.
Further reading
- 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14857226 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllophaga micans.
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