Popillia japonica Newman, 1838

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 : 45

* Popillia japonica Newman, 1838

Lewis 1995; Carlisle 1999; Rice 2001; ISIC; UNIC; DAVC; ELFC.

Collection dates: June–September.

Collected on woody vegetation especially basswood trees ( Tilia americana ) and grape vine (Vitus spp.).

First reported from Iowa during 1994 (Marlin E. Rice, pers. comm. from Donald R. Lewis, 2014) and now known from 55 Iowa counties ( Anonymous 2011; Donald R. Lewis, pers. comm., 2014) .

County records ( Figure 168 ): Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Boone, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Carroll, Cedar, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Clinton, Dallas, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Madison, Marshall, Mills, Muscatine, Page, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Scott, Shelby, Story, Tama, Van Buren, Washington, Webster, Winneshiek, Woodbury.

Strigoderma Burmeister, 1844

Figures

Figures 162–169. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa.162) Pelidnota punctata (Linnaeus, 1758).163) Anomala binotata (Gyllenhal, 1817). 164) Anomala flavipennis Burmeister, 1844. 165) Anomala innuba (Fabricius, 1787). 166) Anomala ludoviciana Schaeffer, 1906. 167) Anomala undulata Melsheimer, 1846. 168) Popillia japonica