Species Alepida picticollis (Lea, 1916)

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• Lepidiota picticollis Lea, A.M. 1916. Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 272-436 [Date published Dec. 23, 1916] [291].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I4525 ♂, Stradbroke Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) SAMA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Alepida picticollis (Lea, 1916). —
  Allsopp, P.G. 2018. Alepida, a new genus for seven Australian species attributed to Lepidiota Kirby, 1828, and one new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini). Australian Entomologist 45(4): 441-464 [454]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From Bundaberg in Queensland to north of Grafton in New South Wales.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva pest of sugar cane.

 

General References

Bull, R.M. 1986. Lepidiota picticollis, an increasing cane grub pest problem in the Bundaberg district. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Sugar Cane Technology 8: 141-147

Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-May-2019	SCARABAEIDAE	02-May-2019	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)