Phyllophaga marginalis (LeConte, 1856)

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 : 39

Phyllophaga marginalis (LeConte, 1856)

Putnam 1876; Wickham 1911; Travis 1934; Harpootlian 2001; ISIC; IWUC; WIRC; DAVC; ELFC.

Collection dates: April–July.

Collected at light.

Travis (1934) reported 53 specimens collected in Iowa indicating this species was infrequent to rare in Iowa; Rice and Riley (2000) also found this species to be rare to infrequent.

Specimen label data: Wapello Co., Iowa, 14 April 1934, Warnacutt, determined Luginbill 1935 ( IWUC) ; Johnson Co., Iowa, 18 June 1934, H. C. Knutson, determined Luginbill 1935 ( IWUC) ; Fremont Co., Iowa, 19 June 1940, H. E. Jaques, determined Luginbill 1941 ( IWUC) .

County records ( Figure 142 ): Allamakee, Appanoose, Boone, Butler, Clayton, Dallas, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Fremont, Henry, Johnson, Lee, Story, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren.

Figures

Figures 138–145. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa.138) Phyllophaga inversa (Horn, 1887).139) Phyllophaga knochii (Schonherr and Gyllenhal, 1817).140) Phyllophaga lanceolata (Say, 1824).141) Phyllophaga longitarsa (Say, 1824). 142) Phyllophaga marginalis (LeConte, 1856). 143) Phyllophaga micans (Knoch, 1801). 144) Phyllophaga