Species Lepidiota noxia Britton, 1985

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• Lepidiota noxia Britton, E.B. 1985. Lepidiota noxia sp. n. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), a pest of sugarcane in Queensland. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24: 117-119 [117].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Gooburrum, near Bundaberg, QLD [24°51'S 152°19'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC; QM.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva pest of suger cane.

 

General References

Allsopp, P.G. 1989. Two new species of Lepidiota Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Australia with notes on L. noxia Britton. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 28: 39-43

Bull, R.M. & Allsopp, P.G. 1988. Control problems with Lepidiota noxia Britton in southern Queensland. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Sugar Cane Technology 10: 179-184

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

 

History of changes

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