Lepidiota stigma (Fabricius, 1801) is a animal in the Scarabaeidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Lepidiota stigma (Fabricius, 1801)

Lepidiota stigma (Fabricius, 1801)

Lepidiota stigma, the sugarcane white grub, is a Southeast Asian native insect that attacks regional sugarcane fields.

Family
Genus
Lepidiota
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Lepidiota stigma (Fabricius, 1801)

Lepidiota stigma, first described by Fabricius in 1801, is commonly called the sugarcane white grub. It is a species of insect that is native to Southeast Asia. Confirmed records of this species exist from Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland in India, Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, and Malaysia. This species is documented to attack sugarcane fields within its native region.

Photo: (c) Rich Hoyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rich Hoyer · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Lepidiota

More from Scarabaeidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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