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May Beetles
Phyllophaga
Phyllophaga is a very large genus (more than 260 species) of New World scarab beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae. Common names for this genus and many other related genera in the subfamily Melolonthinae are May beetles, June bugs, and June beetles. They range in size from 12 to 35 mm (0.47 to 1.38 in) and are blackish or reddish-brown in colour, without prominent markings, and often rather hairy ventrally. These beetles are nocturnal, coming to lights in great...
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Phyllophaga
subgenusPhyllophaga
Tostegoptera
subgenusTostegoptera
Trichesthes
subgenusTrichesthes
Cnemarachis
subgenusCnemarachis
Phytalus
subgenusPhytalus
Phyllophaga abudantuni
speciesPhyllophaga abudantuni
Phyllophaga pseudofloridana
speciesPhyllophaga pseudofloridana
Phyllophaga patruelis
speciesPhyllophaga patruelis
Phyllophaga coronadis
speciesPhyllophaga coronadis
Phyllophaga perlonga
speciesPhyllophaga perlonga
Phyllophaga vermiculata
speciesPhyllophaga vermiculata
Phyllophaga smithi
speciesPhyllophaga smithi
Phyllophaga terezinae
speciesPhyllophaga terezinae
Phyllophaga bahiana
speciesPhyllophaga bahiana
Phyllophaga nitididorsis
speciesPhyllophaga nitididorsis
Phyllophaga helleri
speciesPhyllophaga helleri
Phyllophaga foxii
speciesPhyllophaga foxii
Phyllophaga patrueloides
speciesPhyllophaga patrueloides
Phyllophaga duncani
speciesPhyllophaga duncani
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 84629.