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

Polyphylla occidentalis is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in North America.

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

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. Vol. 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) . 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

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