Anomala albopilosa, known by the common names green chafer, white-haired leaf chafer and sugarcane white grub, is a species of chafer beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It was originally described in the genus Euchlora by Frederick William Hope in 1839. The beetle is native to Japan（the three major islands (Kyushu, Shikoku and Honshu ) and the Ryukyu Islands）, Korea, and Taiwan.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Green Chafer being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Anomala rubripes
- Anomala cupripes
- Anomala russiventris
- Anoplognathus punctulatus
- Anomala vitis
- Anoplognathus smaragdinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Anomala
- Species
- Anomala albopilosa
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