Phyllophaga implicita ( Horn, 1887 )

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 : 38

Phyllophaga implicita ( Horn, 1887)

Horn 1887; Wickham 1911; Travis 1934; Worthington and Larsen 2010; ISIC; IWUC; DAVC; ELFC; PKLC.

Collection dates: April–June.

Collected at light.

Travis (1934) reported 17,208 specimens collected from Iowa indicating this species was the second most common species in Iowa.

County records ( Figure 137 ): Allamakee, Appanoose, Boone, Bremer, Cerro Gordo, Clayton, Dallas, Delaware, Des Moines, Dickinson, Fayette, Fremont, Hancock, Harrison, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Mahaska, Mills, Monona, Monroe, Muscatine, O’Brien, Osceola, Polk, Pottawattamie, Sac, Story, Taylor, Van Buren, Wapello, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury.

Figures

Figures 130–137. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa.130) Phyllophaga fusca (Froelich, 1792).131) Phyllophaga futilis (LeConte, 1850). 132) Phyllophaga gracilis (Burmeister, 1855). 133) Phyllophaga hirticula (Knoch, 1801). 134) Phyllophaga hirtiventris (Horn, 1887).135) Phyllophaga hornii (Smith, 1889). 136) Phyllophaga ilicis (Knoch,