Nocturnal-beetles

Guides

• Cyclocephala

  Masked Chafers

  Cyclocephala is a large genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Dynastinae, commonly known as masked chafers. Adults are small brown beetles (10–15 mm) with a distinctive black facial mask across the eyes. The genus is endemic to the Americas, ranging from southeastern Canada to Argentina, India, and the West Indies. Adults are nocturnal or crepuscular and attracted to lights. Larvae develop in soil, feeding on organic matter and plant roots, and are significant pests of turfgrass.

  scarab-beetlesmasked-chafersturfgrass-pestswhite-grubsnocturnal-beetlesDynastinaesoil-dwelling-larvaeroot-feederssex-pheromonespollinatorsagricultural-pestsentomopathogenic-fungi-research

• Selonodon abnormis

  Selonodon abnormis is a species of click beetle in the family Cebrionidae, originally described by Werner. The species was synonymized with Selonodon pallidipennis (Van Dyke) in a 2004 revision of the genus. Selonodon is a genus of 25 recognized species distributed across southern Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. Cebrionid beetles are nocturnal and typically associated with sandy or loose soils.

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