Polyphylla occidentalis

Polyphylla occidentalis is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in North America.[1]

Polyphylla occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Polyphylla
Species:	P. occidentalis
Binomial name
Polyphylla occidentalis (Linnaeus, 1767)

The beetle is widespread in the southeastern United States, and is active throughout the warm summer months. A brownish beetle with white stripes,[6] its adult size ranges from 22 to 26 mm.[7] The males' antennae have rather large clubs. The adults feed on pines, while the larvae eat sedge roots.[6]

References

1. "Polyphylla occidentalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
2. "Polyphylla occidentalis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
3. "Polyphylla occidentalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
4. "Polyphylla occidentalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
5. "Polyphylla occidentalis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
6. Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4008-5182-9.
7. Skelley, Paul E. (2003). "Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Insecta Mundi. 17 (3–4).

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
• Young, R.M. (1988). "A monograph of the genus Polyphylla Harris in America north of Mexico". Bulletin of The University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln. 11 (2): 1–116.

External links

• Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2018-04-16.
• Media related to Polyphylla occidentalis at Wikimedia Commons