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El escarabajo japonés (Popillia japonica) es una especie de Coleoptera (escarabajo). Mide unos 15 mm de largo y unos 10 mm de ancho, sus élitros son de color cobre iridiscente y su tórax y cabeza son verdes.
The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is a species of scarab beetle. Due to the presence of natural predators, the Japanese beetle is not considered a pest in its native Japan, but in North America and some regions of Europe, it is a noted pest to roughly 300 species of plants.
Popillia japonica is the single most destructive insect pest on golf courses, lawns, pastures and herbaceous and woody landscape plants in the eastern USA (Tashiro, 1987; Potter, 1998; Vittum et al., 1999). It is estimated that more than $460 million is spent each year to control the grubs and adults in turfgrass alone.
Learn about the Japanese beetle, a widespread and destructive pest of turf, landscape, and ornamental plants in the United States. Find out its distribution, host plants, damage, and management options.
Popillia japonica is a highly polyphagous species and the adults can be found feeding on a wide range of trees, shrubs, wild plants and crops (EPPO, 2016). The odour and the location in direct sun play a pivotal role in the selection of host plants by the beetle.
El escarabajo japonés ( Popillia japonica) es una especie de Coleoptera (escarabajo). Mide unos 15 mm de largo y unos 10 mm de ancho, sus élitros son de color cobre iridiscente y su tórax y cabeza son verdes.
The pupa is usually 13 mm long and tan colored right up until the adult emerges, when it turns metallic green. Its appendages are pressed to the body, but otherwise it resembles the adult form (www. nscu. edu, 1). Other Physical Features. ectothermic.
