Subfamily: Melolonthinae (leaf chafers, white
grubs, Christmas beetles)
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(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera
(beetles)
> Polyphaga > Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
> Family: Scarabaeidae
These are the brown beetles that fly clumsily into lights
at night. Many of the non-hopline Ruteline
beetles have a similar colour and habit.
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