E-mail: Password: Create an Account Recover password

About Authors Contacts Get involved Русская версия

show

Polyphylla alba (Pallas, 1773)

Самец (Polyphylla alba)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Scarabeiformia → superfamily Scarabaeoidea → family Scarabaeidae → subfamily Melolonthinae → tribe Melolonthini → subtribe Melolonthina → genus Polyphylla → subgenus Xerasiobia → species Polyphylla alba

Species name(s)

Polyphylla (Xerasiobia) alba (Pallas, 1773) = Polyphylla permagna Reitter, 1901 = Polyphylla vicaria Semenov, 1900 = Scarabaeus hololeuca Pallas, 1781 = Polyphylla alba Pallas, 1773. [187]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:190014

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Самец (Polyphylla alba)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Southern Russia, Crimea, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China (Dzungaria, Gobi, Guangxi). In the south of Europe. It was registered in the Volgograd and Astrakhan regions, Kalmykia, Dagestan (the Caspian coast), Krasnodar Territory (Sochi, Anapa), Rostov region [260].
  • Can be found among other places in Lake Elton surroundings. [331].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Large beetle, 25.5—33.2 mm long. It has a monophonic color, formed by whitish scales that almost evenly cover the entire body; in the male they are thicker than in the female. Anterior tibia in both sexes with 3 teeth. It is associated with sandy soils and inhabits river valleys. [260].

General info about Imago

  • Beetles fly at dusk, burrow in the soil during the day. Mostly males fly. Females fly little and low, often crawling on the sand. [260].

Imago food plants / other food objects

  • The imago does not feed (aphagia). [PC93].

Imago lifespan

  • June-Aug [260].

General info about Larva

  • Larvae can damage the roots of pine plantings, fruit trees, vines, and some field crops. [260].

Larva lifespan

  • The generation is 3 years old. [260].

Subspecies of Polyphylla alba

Premade selections where the species can be found

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Igor Ivannikov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

Comments

Note: you should have a Insecta.pro account to upload new topics and comments. Please, create an account or log in to add comments

27.11.2016 8:10, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Zoogeographical regions: No formalized data → Palaearctic. Flight time: No formalized data → , , .

23.07.2016 19:12, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Polyphylla alba Pallas, 1773 → (Pallas, 1773).

23.07.2016 19:10, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Polyphylla alba Pallas, 1773 → Polyphylla (Xerasiobia) alba Pallas, 1773.

Insecta.pro: international entomological community. Terms of use and publishing policy.

Project editor in chief and administrator: Peter Khramov.

Curators: Konstantin Efetov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Svyatoslav Knyazev, Evgeny Komarov, Stan Korb, Alexander Zhakov.

Moderators: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Evgeny Komarov, Dmitriy Pozhogin, Alexandr Zhakov.

Thanks to all authors, who publish materials on the website.

© Insects catalog Insecta.pro, 2007—2024.

Species catalog enables to sort by characteristics such as expansion, flight time, etc..

Photos of representatives Insecta.

Detailed insects classification with references list.

Few themed publications and a living blog.