Red-headed cockchafer
Red-headed cockchafer, Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Genus:
Adoryphorus
Binomial name
Adoryphorus coulonii
(Burmeister, 1847)

The red-headed cockchafer or red-headed pasture cockchafer (Adoryphorus couloni[1][2] or Adoryphorus coulonii[3][4]) is a species of Australian scarab beetle in the genus Adoryphorus. It is a pasture pest in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.[1] It has become naturalised in Canterbury, New Zealand, where it was first recorded in 1963.[2]

Description

The adult beetle is 10–15mm long, 8mm wide, and shiny reddish-brown to black. The larva is white-grey in the early stage. Older larva have yellowish legs and a hard red-brown head, and then become white when mature.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Redheaded pasture cockchafer". Agriculture Victoria, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Berg, Gordon; et al. (2014). "Biology and management of the redheaded pasture cockchafer Adoryphorus couloni (Burmeister) (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) in Australia: a review of current knowledge". Austral Entomology. 53 (2): 146. doi:10.1111/aen.12062.
  3. ↑ Hutchinson, Paul M.; Allsopp, Peter G. (2021). "Revision of Anomalomorpha Arrow, 1908 and Enracius Dechambre, 1999, with Erbmahcedius new genus from southeastern Australia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini: Cheiroplatina)". Zootaxa. 5072 (5): 461. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5072.5.2.
  4. ↑ Miller, Craig; Newell, Barry (2013). "Framing integrated research to address a dynamically complex issue: The red headed cockchafer challenge". Agricultural Systems. 117: 13. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2013.02.001.


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