Phyllophaga micans

Phyllophaga micans is a species in the family Scarabaeidae ("scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2] Adults are 15–17mm long, dark colored with the appearance of a pale, dust-like coating, and feed on hardwood trees. It ranges from Connecticut and New York in the north, south to Georgia, and west to Kansas and Texas.[4]

Phyllophaga micans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Melolonthinae
Tribe:
Melolonthini
Genus:
Phyllophaga
Species:
P. micans
Binomial name
Phyllophaga micans
(Knoch, 1801)

References
  1. "Phyllophaga micans Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. "Phyllophaga micans Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. "Phyllophaga micans Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4008-5182-9.

Further reading
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Evans, Arthur V. (2003). "A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)".
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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