Table 9-1. Major Coleopteran pests of tall fescue in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
   

Scarabaeidae

  Curculionidae

United States

  

Japanese beetle [Popillia japonica (Newman)] (Fig. 9-4)

European chafer [Rhizotragus majalis (Razoumowsky)]

Oriental beetle [Anomala orientalis (Waterhouse)]

Asiatic garden beetle [Maladera castanea (Arrow)] (Fig. 9-1)

Northern masked chafer [Cyclocephala borealis (Arrow)]

Southern masked chafer [Cyclocephala lurida (Bland)] (Fig. 9-5)

May and June beetles (Phyllophaga spp.)

Green June beetle [Cotinis nitida (L.)] (Fig. 9-7)

Billbug [Sphenophorus parvulus (Gyllenhal), S. venatus (Say),  

S. minimus (Hart), S. inaequalis (Say)] (Fig. 9-8)
       

 

Australia

  

African black beetle [Heteronychus arator (Fabricius)] (Fig. 9-2)

Black-headed cockchafer [Aphodius tasmaniae (Hope)] (Fig. 9-6)

Red-headed cockchafer [Adoryphorus couloni (Burmeister)] (Fig. 9-6)

Pasture white grubs Rhopaea spp.

Sericesthis spp.

Anoplognathus spp.

  
       

New Zealand

  

African black beetle [Heteronychus arator (Fabricius)] (Fig. 9-2)

Grass grub [Costelytra zealandica (White)]

Black-headed cockchafer [Aphodius tasmaniae (Hope)]

Argentine stem weevil [Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel)] (Fig. 9-9)

<--Scarabaeidae (scarab grubs)

<--Curculionidae (billbugs)

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