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Cockchafers
Melolontha
Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Cockchafer
speciesMelolontha melolontha
Chestnut cockchafer
speciesMelolontha hippocastani
Japanese Cockchafer
speciesMelolontha japonica
Melolontha incana
speciesMelolontha incana
Large Cockchafer
speciesMelolontha pectoralis
Melolontha papposa
complexMelolontha papposa
Melolontha frater
speciesMelolontha frater
Melolontha maculata
speciesMelolontha maculata
Melolontha masafumii
speciesMelolontha masafumii
Melolontha malaccensis
speciesMelolontha malaccensis
Melolontha costipennis
speciesMelolontha costipennis
Melolontha insulana
speciesMelolontha insulana
Melolontha virescens
speciesMelolontha virescens
Melolontha chinensis
speciesMelolontha chinensis
Melolontha sculpticollis
speciesMelolontha sculpticollis
Melolontha albida
speciesMelolontha albida
Melolontha satsumaensis
speciesMelolontha satsumaensis
Melolontha guttigera
speciesMelolontha guttigera
Melolontha permira
speciesMelolontha permira
Melolontha tamina
speciesMelolontha tamina
Melolontha jianbini
speciesMelolontha jianbini
Melolontha indica
speciesMelolontha indica
Melolontha furcicauda
speciesMelolontha furcicauda
Melolontha flabellata
speciesMelolontha flabellata
Melolontha reichenbachei
speciesMelolontha reichenbachei
Melolontha pseudofurcicauda
speciesMelolontha pseudofurcicauda
Melolontha nepalensis
speciesMelolontha nepalensis
Melolontha minima
speciesMelolontha minima
Melolontha taygetana
speciesMelolontha taygetana
Melolontha sardiniensis
speciesMelolontha sardiniensis
Melolontha gonzalezi
speciesMelolontha gonzalezi
Melolontha farinosa
speciesMelolontha farinosa
Melolontha afflicta
speciesMelolontha afflicta
Melolontha laevipennis
speciesMelolontha laevipennis
Melolontha excisicauda
speciesMelolontha excisicauda
Melolontha clypeata
speciesMelolontha clypeata
Melolontha cuprescens
speciesMelolontha cuprescens
Melolontha phupanensis
speciesMelolontha phupanensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Melolontha in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 48199.