Host plant associations are given for the adults of 17 species of the melolonthine genera Serica MacLeay and Diplotaxis Kirby. Beetles were collected on 23 plant species. Ten species of Serica occur on Adenostoma fasciculatum, while seven species of Serica and Diplotaxis moerens LeConte occur on Eriogonum fasciculatum.
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1 March 2004
New Host Plant Associations for Adult Serica and Diplotaxis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from California
Ron H. McPeak,
Thomas A. Oberbauer
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