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Popillia

Japanese beetle
Japanese beetle
Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)
:Eukaryota
:Animalia
:Arthropoda
:Insecta
:Coleoptera
Polyphaga
:Scarabaeiformia
:Scarabaeoidea
:Scarabaeidae
:Rutelinae
:Anomalini
Genus:Popillia
Species

P. acuta
P. adamas
P. amabilis
P. andamanica
P. angulicornis
P. anomaloides
P. ardoini
P. barbellata
P. bhutanensis
P. bhutanica
P. biguttata
P. birmanica
P. brancuccii
P. brunnicollis
P. cerchnopyga
P. cerinimaculata
P. chlorion
P. clypealis
P. complanata
P. cribricollis
P. cupricollis
P. curtipennis
P. cyanea
P. dajaka
P. daliensis
P. difficilis
P. dilutipennis
P. discalis
P. eximia
P. fallaciosa
P. feae
P. felix
P. ferreroi
P. fimbripes
P. flavofasciata
P. flavosellata
P. flexuosa
P. fukiensis
P. gedongensis
P. gemma
P. genevievai
P. girardi
P. hainanensis
P. hirtipyga
P. histeroides
P. imitans
P. impressipyga
P. insularis
P. iwasei
P. japonica
P. kanarensis
P. laevicollis
P. laevis
P. laeviscutula
P. laevistriata
P. lasiopyga
P. latimaculata
P. leptotarsa
P. lewisi
P. limbatipennis
P. lineata
P. linpingi
P. livida
P. lucida
P. macgregori
P. maclellandi
P. madrasicola
P. marginicollis
P. melanoloma
P. metallicollis
P. migliaccioi
P. miniatipennis
P. minuta
P. mongolica
P. morettoi
P. mutans
P. nagaii
P. nitida
P. nottrotti
P. oviformis
P. parvula
P. patkaina
P. patricia
P. petrarcai
P. piattellai
P. pilicollis
P. pilicrus
P. pilifera
P. pilosa
P. plagicollis
P. pui
P. pulchra
P. pulchripes
P. puncticollis
P. pustulata
P. quadriguttata
P. quelpartiana
P. ricchiardii
P. rotundata
P. rubescens
P. rubripes
P. sammensis
P. sandyx
P. sauteri
P. scabricollis
P. schizonycha
P. semiaenea
P. semicuprea
P. shillongensis
P. sichuanensis
P. simlana
P. splendidicollis
P. strumifera
P. subquadrata
P. sulcata
P. sumatrensis
P. suturalis
P. taiwana
P. testaceipennis
P. timoriensis
P. transversa
P. uhligi
P. uchidai
P. variabilis
P. varicollis
P. varicolor
P. vignai
P. viridula
P. wittmeri
P. zerchei
Ref: List of Asian Popillia
as of 2002-12-29

Popillia is a genus of scarab beetles. The most familiar species is the Japanese Beetle which is responsible for much crop losses around the world, and is near the top of the insect pest lists year after year.



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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