Maladera castanea

TaxID: 1254970

Basic Information

Maladera castanea

Asiatic Garden Beetle

Maladera formosae, commonly known as the Asiatic garden beetle and formerly known as Maladera castanea, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is native to Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, and Russia but was introduced to North America in the 1920s where it is considered a pest of turfs, gardens, and crop fields. Adults are active in the summer during which they can be found feeding on leaves and flowers or gathering around light sources at night.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Scarabaeidae

Maladera

castanea

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Maladera castanea
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(c) Peter May@BY-NC
Maladera castanea
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(c) Katja Schulz@BY
Maladera castanea
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(c) Don Marsille@BY-NC
Maladera castanea
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(c) Brad Walker@BY-NC
Maladera castanea
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(c) Levi smith@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Mexico Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (83 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SBCFA9316-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 653 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
SBCFA9315-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 653 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
SBCFA9314-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 653 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
SBCFA9313-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 655 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
SBCFA9291-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 652 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
SBCFA9290-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 652 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
SBCFA9289-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 653 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
SBCFA9288-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 653 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
SBCFA9287-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 653 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
SBCFA9286-21 BOLD:AAY9533 COI-5P 654 United States 2021-08-24 41.102, -73.825
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