Phyllophaga tristis (Fabricius, 1781)

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 : 41

Phyllophaga tristis (Fabricius, 1781)

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

Collection dates: April–June.

Collected at light and under soil pushup on path.

Travis (1934) reported this species as the fourth most common species in Iowa based on collections.

County records ( Figure 149 ): Allamakee, Appanoose, Bone, Bremer, Dallas, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Franklin, Fremont, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Kossuth, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Scott, Story, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington, Winneshiek.

Figures

Figures 146–153. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa.146) Phyllophaga quercus (Knoch, 1801).147) Phyllophaga rugosa (Melsheimer, 1846). 148) Phyllophaga spreta (Horn, 1887). 149) Phyllophaga tristis (Fabricius, 1781). 150) Phyllophaga vehemens (Horn, 1887). 151) Phyllophaga vilifrons (LeConte, 1856). 152) Polyphylla hammondi