The red-headed cockchafer or red-headed pasture cockchafer (''Adoryphorus couloni''
[ or ''Adoryphorus coulonii'']scarab beetle
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
in the genus '' Adoryphorus''. It is a pasture pest in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.Canterbury
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, New Zealand, where it was first recorded in 1963.
Description
The adult beetle is 10–15mm long, 8mm wide, and shiny reddish-brown to black. The larva is white-grey in the early stage. Older larva have yellowish legs and a hard red-brown head, and then become white when mature.
References
Scarabaeidae
Beetles of Australia
Beetles of New Zealand
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