Anomala vitis

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

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| image = Anomala vitis on a leaf.jpg

| taxon = Anomala vitis

| authority = Fabricius, 1775

| synonyms ={{Collapsible list

|Anomala variabilisSchilsky, 1888

|Anomala vitis azurescens Reitter, 1903

|Anomala vitis cupreonitens Bau, 1883

|Anomala vitis dichroa Reitter, 1903

|Anomala vitis fuscipennis Ohaus, 1915

|Anomala vitis lutea Schilsky, 1888

|Anomala vitis pseudoazurescens Dellacasa, 1970

|Anomala vitis pseudosignata Dellacasa, 1970

|Anomala vitis signata Schilsky, 1888

|Anomala vitis viridicollis Schilsky, 1888

|Melolontha holosericea Illiger, 1805}}

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Anomala vitis, the vine chafer, is a species of scarab (beetle of the family Scarabaeidae). It has a palearctic distribution.{{cite book|last=Schoolmeesters |first=P.|year=2017|chapter=Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2017)|editor1=Roskov Y.|editor2=Abucay L.|editor3=Orrell T.|editor4=Nicolson D.|editor5=Bailly N.|editor6=Kirk P.M.|editor7=Bourgoin T.|editor8=DeWalt R.E.|editor9=Decock W.|editor10=De Wever A.|editor11=van Nieukerken E.|editor12=Zarucchi J.|editor13=Penev L.|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/04ab6aefec200dc60ae074a9ee9b9964|publisher=Naturalis|location=Leiden, Netherlands|issn=2405-8858}} Like many Anomala species, it is regarded as a pest of agricultural crops, in this case grapevines.{{cite journal|last1=Tóth|first1=M.|last2=Leal|first2=W. S.|last3=Szarukán|first3=I.|last4=Lesznyák|first4=M.|last5=Szöcs|first5=G.|year=1994|title=2-(E)-nonen-1-ol: Male attractant for chafersAnomala vitis Fabr. and A. dubia Scop. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)|journal=Journal of Chemical Ecology|volume=20|issue=10|pages=2481–2487|doi=10.1007/BF02036185|pmid=24241825|s2cid=176529}}