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Phyllophaga micans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Phyllophaga
Species:	P. micans
Binomial name
Phyllophaga micans (Knoch, 1801)

Phyllophaga micans is a species in the family Scarabaeidae ("scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles"). It is found in North America. 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.

References

1. "Phyllophaga micans Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
2. ^ "Phyllophaga micans Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
3. "Phyllophaga micans Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
4. Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 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

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Phyllophaga micans

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