Serica vespertina accola Dawson, 1921

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 : 43

Serica vespertina accola Dawson, 1921

Putnam 1876; Wickham 1897, 1911; ISIC; IWUC; UNSM; ELFC; DAVC; MJPC.

Collection dates: April–July.

Mating pair collected on flowering culm of prairie cinquefoil ( Potentilla arguta ) after sunset during July; collected on vertical stems of willow ( Salix spp. ) a few feet above ground after sunset; also collected at light.

Specimen label data: Cedar Hills Sand Prairie , Black Hawk Co., Iowa, 7 July 1996, UV light, 28 June 2006 [2], Potentilla arguta culm, ELF ( ELFC) ; Fish Farm Mounds State Preserve , Allamakee Co., Iowa, 2 July 2003, sweeping prairie, ELF ( ELFC) .

County records ( Figure 159 ): Allamakee, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Clayton, Delaware, Dickinson, Linn.

Subfamily RUTELINAE MacLeay, 1819

Tribe RUTELINI MacLeay, 1819

Cotalpa Burmeister, 1844

Figures

Figures 154–161. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa.154) Serica evidens Blatchley, 1919.155) Serica intermixta Blatchley, 1910.156) Serica mystaca Dawson, 1922.157) Serica sericea (Illiger, 1802).158) Serica sponsa Dawson, 1919. 159) Serica vespertina accola Dawson, 1921.160) Cotalpa lanigera (Linnaeus, 1758).161) Parastasia brevipes