Polyphylla

Polyphylla is a genus of scarab beetle includes more than 80 species distributed in North America and Central America, southern and central Europe, northern Africa, and Southern Asia —from Asia Minor to Japan. They typically reside in forests and orchards with most being identified by white elytra scales forming stripes. The adult beetles are often attracted to lights. Polyphylla lay their eggs on soil near plants from where the larvae hatch and burrow down to the roots on which they will feed. They reach maturity in two to three years.

Species

These 85 species belong to the genus Polyphylla:

• Polyphylla adspersa <small>Motschulsky, 1854</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla aeola <small>La Rue, 1998</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Polyphylla aeolus <small>La Rue, 1998</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla alba <small>(Pallas, 1773)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla albertischulzi <small>Kuntzen, 1933</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Polyphylla albolineata <small>(Motschulsky, 1861)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla anivallis <small>La Rue, 2016</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla annamensis <small>(Fleutiaux, 1887)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla anteronivea <small>Hardy, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (saline valley snow-front scarab)
• Polyphylla arguta <small>Casey, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla avittata <small>Hardy, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (spotted Warner valley dunes June beetle)
• Polyphylla barbata <small>Cazier, 1938</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (Mount Hermon June beetle)
• Polyphylla boryi <small>(Brullé, 1832)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla brownae <small>Young, 1986</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Polyphylla cavifrons <small>LeConte, 1854</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla comes <small>Casey, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla concurrens <small>Casey, 1889</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla conspersa <small>Burmeister, 1855</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla crinita <small>LeConte, 1856</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla dahnshuensis <small>Li & Yang, 1997</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla davidis <small>Fairmaire, 1888</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla decemlineata <small>(Say, 1824)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (ten-lined June beetle)
• Polyphylla devestiva <small>Young, 1966</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Polyphylla diffracta <small>Casey, 1891</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla donaldsoni <small>Skelley, 2005</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (Donaldson's lined June beetle)
• Polyphylla edentula <small>(Harold, 1878)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla erratica <small>Hardy, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (Death Valley June beetle)
• Polyphylla exilis <small>Zhang, 1984</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla formosana <small>Niijima & Kinosheta, 1923</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla fullo <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla gracilicornis <small>(Blanchard, 1871)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla gracilis <small>Horn, 1881</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (slender polyphyllan scarab beetle)
• Polyphylla hammondi <small>LeConte, 1856</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (Hammond's lined June beetle)
• Polyphylla hassi <small>Hass & Reichenbach, 2014</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla hirsuta <small>Van Dyke, 1933</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla intermedia <small>Zhang, 1981</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla irrorata <small>(Gebler, 1841)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla jessopi <small>De Wailly, 1997</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla koso <small>La Rue, 2016</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla laticollis <small>Lewis, 1887</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla lerestifi <small>Guerlach, 2012</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla maculipennis <small>Moser, 1919</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla maroccana <small>Peyerimhoff, 1925</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla mescalerensis <small>Young, 1988</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla minor <small>Nomura, 1977</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla modulata <small>Casey, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Polyphylla monahansensis <small>Hardy, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (Monahan's ten-lined June beetle)
• Polyphylla morroensis <small>La Rue, 2016</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla multimaculata <small>Hardy, 1981</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Polyphylla navarretei <small>Zidek, 2006</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla naxiana <small>Reitter, 1902</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla nigra <small>Casey, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla nikodymi <small>De Wailly, 1997</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla nubecula <small>Frey, 1962</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla nubila <small>Van Dyke, 1947</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (atascadero June beetle)
• Polyphylla occidentalis <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla olivieri <small>(Castelnau, 1840)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla parva <small>Kobayashi & Chou, 2008</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla persica <small>Brenske, 1902</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla petitii <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Polyphylla phongsali <small>Zidek, 2006</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla ploceki <small>Tesar, 1944</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla pottsorum <small>Hardy, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla pubescens <small>Cartwright, 1939</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Polyphylla ragusae <small>Kraatz, 1882</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla ratcliffei <small>Young, 1986</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Polyphylla rugosipennis <small>Casey, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Polyphylla schestakowi <small>Semenov, 1900</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla schoenfeldti <small>Brenske, 1890</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla sicardi <small>Bedel, 1917</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla sikkimensis <small>Brenske, 1896</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla simoni <small>Sehnal & Bezdek, 2011</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla sobrina <small>Casey, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla socorriana <small>La Rue, 2016</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla squamiventris <small>Cazier, 1939</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Polyphylla starkae <small>Skelley, 2009</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span> (auburndale scrub scarab beetle)
• Polyphylla stellata <small>Young, 1986</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Polyphylla taiwana <small>(Sawada, 1950)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla tonkinensis <small>Dewailly, 1945</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla tridentata <small>Reitter, 1890</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla turkmenoglui <small>Petrovitz, 1965</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla uteana <small>Casey, 1892</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g b}</span>
• Polyphylla variolosa <small>(Hentz, 1830)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (variegated June beetle)
• Polyphylla vietnamica <small>Kobayashi & Fujioka, 2016</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Polyphylla woodruffi <small>Skelley, 2005</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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