Colpochila sp.

Chafer beetle at Kalaru, NSW

Colpochila sp. at Kalaru, NSW - 7 Mar 2013 08:33 AM
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Colpochila sp. 11 Aug 2019 KimPullen
Sericesthis geminata 18 Jul 2019 DavidL.Jones

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Active beetle on warm summer nights

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DavidL.Jones wrote:
   7 Aug 2019
Hi Kerri, It was identified by an entomologist at CSIRO in Canberra.
KimPullen wrote:
   11 Aug 2019
It is subfamily Melolonthinae, but not genus Sericesthis. Looks like a Colpochila, of which there would be perhaps half a dozen spp. in the ALCW study area. See http://www.publish.csiro.au/ZS/AJZS118 .

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