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Holotrichia
Sign in to saveHolotrichia is a genus of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae, which are well known as "chafer beetles" or "white-grubs" for their white larvae that are found under the soil where they feed on the roots of plants.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 75
- With media
- 32
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- CMN, OMNH, NCU
- Recorded in
- Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melolonthini
- Image
- HolotrichiaNearReynaudi.jpg
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Holotrichia is a genus of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae, which are well known as "chafer beetles" or "white-grubs" for their white larvae that are found under the soil where they feed on the roots of plants.
Particularly well known species include Holotrichia serrata which is a serious problem in sugarcane cultivation and Holotrichia consanguinea which is a problem in groundnut cultivation. Holotrichia parallela is known as the "dark/large black chafer" or "Asian cockchafer" and is a serious agricultural pest of sweet potato, peanut and soybean crops in China.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Holotrichia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.