Anomala albopilosa, known by the common names green chafer, white-haired leaf chafer and sugarcane white grub, is a species of chafer beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[3] It was originally described in the genus Euchlora by Frederick William Hope in 1839.[1] The beetle is native to the four major islands of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido), the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, and Taiwan.

Anomala albopilosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Rutelinae
Tribe: Anomalini
Genus: Anomala
Species:
A. albopilosa
Binomial name
Anomala albopilosa
(Hope, 1839)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Anomala puncticollis Harold, 1877
  • Euchlora albopilosa Hope, 1839

Taxonomy edit

Anomala albopilosa contains the following subspecies:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Anomala albopilosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Anomala albopilosa". BioLib.
  3. ^ a b Citizen science observations for Anomala albopilosa at iNaturalist