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Lepidiota
Lepidiota is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
These beetles are large and cylindrical, measuring between 15-38mm in body length. Their body coloration varies and can be black, brown, dark brown or reddish brown, while their body surfaces are often covered in white or yellowish scales that may be sparsely or wholly contained within punctations. The clypeus is emarginate and appears bi-lobed, while the anterior face is shallow and typically smooth and unpunctured medially. The beetles have 10 segmented antennae (rarely 9 segmented) with a 3-segmented lamellate club, although two Australian species have 5 lamellae. The antennal club is not elongated and is usually shorter than the length of the first 7 segments. The beetles have an absent metasternal process and tarsal claws with a median tooth.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sugarcane White Grub
speciesLepidiota stigma
Lepidiota tridens
speciesLepidiota tridens
Lepidiota bimaculata
speciesLepidiota bimaculata
Lepidiota praecellens
speciesLepidiota praecellens
Lepidiota siamensis
speciesLepidiota siamensis
Canegrub
speciesLepidiota squamulata
Lepidiota discedens
speciesLepidiota discedens
Lepidiota grisea
speciesLepidiota grisea
Lepidiota hirsuta
speciesLepidiota hirsuta
Lepidiota acuminatops
speciesLepidiota acuminatops
Lepidiota mellyi
speciesLepidiota mellyi
Lepidiota negatoria
speciesLepidiota negatoria
French's Canegrub
speciesLepidiota frenchi
Lepidiota amitina
speciesLepidiota amitina
Caudata Whitegrub
speciesLepidiota caudata
Lepidiota cochinchinae
speciesLepidiota cochinchinae
Lepidiota carolinensis
speciesLepidiota carolinensis
Lepidiota nonfriedi
speciesLepidiota nonfriedi
Lepidiota yunshan
speciesLepidiota yunshan
Lepidiota medvedevi
speciesLepidiota medvedevi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 326866.