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lines. L. 16-24 mm. Pest on paddy roots, Group 3 Melolonthinae. Now
treated as a separate family. Antennae with a knob of closely folded
leaflets. Elytra not covering abdomen fully. All claws of equal size.
Includes cockchafers. Thick set, fairly large to small, prothorax large,
rounded, head small, forelegs broadened, hind spiny. Larvae soft, stout,
wrinkled, curved, last segment very big. Feed in decaying vegetable
matter or on roots of plants. Very harmful. Pupate deep in soil. Life cylce
about a year. Nocturnal, attracted to light.
Apogonia spp Small 6-9 mm. brown, globular, shining. Feed in swarms
on leaves of Ficus, Bombax, Tectona etc. Holotrichia spp. defoliate
Shorea, Tectona, Cassia. H. pulvinosa. Brown, stout, 20 mm. L, serrata.
Pest in gardens and sugarcane fields. M. cotesi defoliates garden trees.
Serica spp. Brown globose. L. 7-12 mm. Come to light.
Group 4 Reutelinae. (PL V, Fig. 73). Mostly brightly coloured. Similar to
Melolonthinae but claws of unequal size. Eggs laid in soil, increase in size
after laying. Larvae feed on roots of grasses or plants for 6 to 9 months,
pupate in soil. Adults emerge in swarms and feed in groups. About 400
species recorded in India, about 30 in Maharashtra.
Tropiorrhynchus spp. Metallic green or yellow thin, with or without
patches or lines. L. 11-14 mm. Popilia spp. Oval, stout, convex, metallic
green or golden. L. 10-11 mm. A. dorsalis. Reddish or yellowish, head,
inner borders of elytra and hind legs black. L. 14- 17 mm. Pest on Crinium
latifolium. Cosmopolitan. A. varians. Brownish yellow. L. 20-25 mm.
Larva in sugarcane roots. Attracted to light. Other Anomala species, Straw
coloured, head and legs with different colours. Oval, Vary from 11 to 23
mm. Larvae feed on plant or grass roots. II. indica. Yellowish, head black,
tarsi red. L. 13-16 mm. Attacks Shorea. Adoretus spp. Mostly nocturnal.
Hide in soil by day. Feed on leaves of cultivated plants e.g. rose, cannas,
mango etc. by night. Attracted to light. Colours deep brown to yellowish,
generally plain, a few with spots and stripes. L. 8- 14 mm.
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