Red-headed cockchafer
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| Red headed Cockchafer, Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia | |
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| Adoryphorus coulonii (Burmeister, 1847)
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The Red headed Cockchafer (Adoryphorus coulonii) is an Australian scarab beetle in the genus Adoryphorus. The species is regarded as a pasture pest in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.
Taxonomy
The Red headed Cockchafer was first described by Bermeister.
Description
The adult beetle is approximately 13–15mm long and about 8mm wide.[1] It is typically brown-black in colour.[1]
The larva is white-grey in early stages of growth and becomes white when mature.[1] The older larva have yellowish legs and a hard red-brown head.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "The Redheaded Pasture Cockchafer" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
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