Phyllophaga fusca (Froelich, 1792)

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 36

Phyllophaga fusca (Froelich, 1792)

Putnam 1876; Wickham 1911; Travis 1934; Worthington and Larsen 2010; ISIC; IWUC; WIRC; DAVC; ELFC.

Collection dates: March–July.

Travis (1934) reported 15,549 specimens collected from Iowa indicating this species was the third most common species encountered in the state.

County records ( Figure 130 ): Adair, Allamakee, Appanoose, Boone, Bremer, Clayton, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Fayette, Franklin, Fremont, Hardin, Henry, Howard, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Linn, Louisa, Mahaska, Marion, Monona, Monroe, Muscatine, Page, Polk, Poweshiek, Story, Taylor, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Winneshiek, Woodbury.

Figures

Figures 130–137. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa.130) Phyllophaga fusca (Froelich, 1792).131) Phyllophaga futilis (LeConte, 1850). 132) Phyllophaga gracilis (Burmeister, 1855). 133) Phyllophaga hirticula (Knoch, 1801). 134) Phyllophaga hirtiventris (Horn, 1887).135) Phyllophaga hornii (Smith, 1889). 136) Phyllophaga ilicis (Knoch,