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Popillia

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{About|genus of beetles|the ancient Roman family|Popillia gens}}

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| authority = Serville, 1825

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Popillia is a genus of scarab beetles. The most familiar species is the Japanese beetle (P. japonica) which is responsible for crop losses around the world, and is near the top of the insect pest lists year after year.

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References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717023338/http://www3.famille.ne.jp/~kazuo/popi.html List of Asian Popillia] as of 2002-12-29.
  • Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). - Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: Annual Checklist
  • Sabatinelli, Guido. (1993). [https://web.archive.org/web/20091104040946/http://serverbau.bio.uniroma1.it/web/html/fragmenta/vol1992/1993p201.pdf Studi morfologici i e sistematici sul genere Popillia: Le specie Indo-Himalayane con disco del pronoto pubescente (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Rutelidae)] Fragm. Entomol., Roma, 24 (2): 201-214 (1993)
  • Lin P. 1980. New species of genus Popillia from China (Coleoptera, Rutelidae). — Acta zootaxon. sin. 5: 192—199.
  • Lin P. 1987. Three new species ol Popillia from the himalayan region. — Entomotaxonomia. 9: 195—200.
  • Lin P. 1988. The Popillia of China (Coleoptera, Rutelidae). Ilustritaj Cinaj Insect — Faunoj: 1. Tianze Eldonejo, 71 pp., 25 taw.

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Category:Scarabaeidae genera

Category:Rutelinae

Category:Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville