Popillia
Dejean, 1821
Popillia is a of ( ) distributed across the Oriental, Palaearctic, and Afrotropical regions. The genus contains numerous , with (the ) being the most economically significant and widely known due to its status in North America and Europe. Several Popillia species are recognized as agricultural and horticultural pests, with feeding on foliage and () damaging root systems.
Pronunciation
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Distribution
distribution spans the Oriental, Palaearctic, and Afrotropical biogeographic regions. Individual have more restricted ranges; for example, is native to Japan and the Russian Far East, while Popillia quadriguttata occurs in eastern Asia from Vietnam northward through eastern China, Taiwan, South Korea, and into Far East Russia.
Human Relevance
The includes major agricultural pests, particularly , which causes substantial globally and ranks among the most significant pests annually. Popillia quadriguttata is a major pest of soybean in northern China and a serious pest of golf course turf in South Korea. Management costs for in the U.S. turf and ornamental industry alone are approximately $450 million annually.
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Species diversity
The Popillia contains numerous described , with substantial taxonomic work conducted on Indo-Himalayan and Chinese species. taxonomic references include works by Lin (1980, 1987, 1988) on Chinese Popillia and Sabatinelli (1993) on Indo-Himalayan species with pronotal discs.
Biological control research
Multiple agents have been investigated for , including the Ovavesicula popilliae, nematodes (Steinernema and Heterorhabditis ), and bacterial such as popilliae () and strains. efforts in the USA (1920-1933) established including Tiphia vernalis and Istocheta aldrichi, though effectiveness has been limited by synchronization issues and regional climate factors.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
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