The hoplia beetles are a genus of beetles belonging to the family of scarab beetles. They are found globally except for Australia, with around 300 species currently recorded.

List of Species Belonging to this Genus

• Hoplia advena
• Hoplia africana
• Hoplia albisparsa
• Hoplia albomaculata
• Hoplia amoena
• Hoplia anatolica
• Hoplia angulata
• Hoplia argentata
• Hoplia argentea
• Hoplia argenteola
• Hoplia argyritis
• Hoplia asperula
• Hoplia asteria
• Hoplia attilioi
• Hoplia aulica
• Hoplia aurantiaca
• Hoplia aurata
• Hoplia aureola
• Hoplia aurifera
• Hoplia auromicans
• Hoplia aurotincta
• Hoplia bakeri
• Hoplia bezdeki
• Hoplia bilineata
• Hoplia biplagiata
• Hoplia bisignata
• Hoplia bomiensis
• Hoplia borneensis
• Hoplia bowringi
• Hoplia bracteata
• Hoplia brastagiensis
• Hoplia breviceps
• Hoplia brevipes
• Hoplia brevis
• Hoplia bruchoides
• Hoplia brunnipes
• Hoplia bucharica
• Hoplia caffra
• Hoplia callipyge
• Hoplia caucasica
• Hoplia chinensis
• Hoplia chlorophana
• Hoplia choui
• Hoplia ciliata
• Hoplia cincticollis
• Hoplia cinereonebulosa
• Hoplia ciscaucasica
• Hoplia citrea
• Hoplia citrinella
• Hoplia clotildae
• Hoplia coerulea
• Hoplia coeruleosignata
• Hoplia coffeae
• Hoplia colchica
• Hoplia colini
• Hoplia coluzzi
• Hoplia communis
• Hoplia concolor
• Hoplia convexicollis
• Hoplia coralipes
• Hoplia corniculata
• Hoplia corporaali
• Hoplia cretacea
• Hoplia cupulosa
• Hoplia cyanosignata
• Hoplia cylindrica
• Hoplia dalatella
• Hoplia davidis
• Hoplia detrita
• Hoplia diana
• Hoplia digitifera
• Hoplia dilutipes
• Hoplia dispar
• Hoplia disparilis
• Hoplia dissexualis
• Hoplia divina
• Hoplia djukini
• Hoplia dombrovskii
• Hoplia dubia
• Hoplia elegantula
• Hoplia elongata
• Hoplia endroedii
• Hoplia equina
• Hoplia errata
• Hoplia ertli
• Hoplia euphratica
• Hoplia excellens
• Hoplia festiva
• Hoplia fiorii
• Hoplia fissa
• Hoplia fissipes
• Hoplia flavipes
• Hoplia flavomaculata
• Hoplia floridana
• Hoplia forsteri
• Hoplia freudei
• Hoplia freyi
• Hoplia fukiensis
• Hoplia fulgida
• Hoplia fuliginosa
• Hoplia fulvipennis
• Hoplia fulvofemorata
• Hoplia fungifera
• Hoplia gabonica
• Hoplia gibbicollis
• Hoplia gilleti
• Hoplia golovjankoi
• Hoplia gracilis
• Hoplia graminicola
• Hoplia grisea
• Hoplia griseonebulosa
• Hoplia griseosparsa
• Hoplia griseosquamosa
• Hoplia griseovestita
• Hoplia guatemalensis
• Hoplia gyirongensis
• Hoplia hakonensis
• Hoplia hauseri
• Hoplia hayashii
• Hoplia herminiana
• Hoplia heterolepis
• Hoplia hirsuta
• Hoplia hirta
• Hoplia hirticollis
• Hoplia hofmanni
• Hoplia horrida
• Hoplia huettenbacheri
• Hoplia hungarica
• Hoplia hyrcana
• Hoplia imitatrix
• Hoplia imparilis
• Hoplia indica
• Hoplia ingrata
• Hoplia inops
• Hoplia inornata
• Hoplia iridescens
• Hoplia jacobsoni
• Hoplia jalapana
• Hoplia javana
• Hoplia kamerunica
• Hoplia klapperichi
• Hoplia korbi
• Hoplia koreana
• Hoplia kunzii
• Hoplia laconiae
• Hoplia laetitiae
• Hoplia lama
• Hoplia langbianella
• Hoplia lao
• Hoplia latesutulata
• Hoplia latesuturata
• Hoplia laticollis
• Hoplia leytensis
• Hoplia limbata
• Hoplia lindiana
• Hoplia lineata
• Hoplia lishana
• Hoplia lurida
• Hoplia luzonica
• Hoplia maculifera
• Hoplia magnifica
• Hoplia mahayana
• Hoplia malaccensis
• Hoplia malaisei
• Hoplia manowensis
• Hoplia maremmana
• Hoplia mausonensis
• Hoplia medana
• Hoplia mediocris
• Hoplia meridiana
• Hoplia messapia
• Hoplia mexicana
• Hoplia mina
• Hoplia mindoroensis
• Hoplia minuscula
• Hoplia minuta
• Hoplia modesta
• Hoplia moerens
• Hoplia montana
• Hoplia monticola
• Hoplia moultoni
• Hoplia mucorea
• Hoplia mulleri
• Hoplia nakanei
• Hoplia nebulosa
• Hoplia negrosensis
• Hoplia nengkaoshana
• Hoplia nepalensis
• Hoplia nhatrangella
• Hoplia niasana
• Hoplia nigrina
• Hoplia nigromaculata
• Hoplia nigrosetosa
• Hoplia nigrosparsa
• Hoplia nitidipunctata
• Hoplia oblonga
• Hoplia ochracea
• Hoplia ochraceoscutellata
• Hoplia ochreata
• Hoplia opalescens
• Hoplia paganettii
• Hoplia parvula
• Hoplia paupera
• Hoplia pentheri
• Hoplia peroni
• Hoplia philanthus
• Hoplia philippinensis
• Hoplia pilifera
• Hoplia pisicolor
• Hoplia platyca
• Hoplia plebeja
• Hoplia polita
• Hoplia pollinosa
• Hoplia pontica
• Hoplia potanini
• Hoplia prasina
• Hoplia praticola
• Hoplia pseudophilanthus
• Hoplia psilocephala
• Hoplia pubicollis
• Hoplia pulchella
• Hoplia pulchra
• Hoplia puncticollis
• Hoplia quasiplebeja
• Hoplia reinii
• Hoplia reitteri
• Hoplia rossica
• Hoplia rotunda
• Hoplia rufocuprea
• Hoplia rufopicta
• Hoplia rungsi
• Hoplia rutilapta
• Hoplia sabatinellii
• Hoplia sabraechatilae
• Hoplia sackenii
• Hoplia salaama
• Hoplia scheibei
• Hoplia scheini
• Hoplia schuberti
• Hoplia schultheissi
• Hoplia scutellaris
• Hoplia semenowi
• Hoplia semicastanea
• Hoplia setifera
• Hoplia setosella
• Hoplia shibatai
• Hoplia shimomurai
• Hoplia shirakii
• Hoplia shirozui
• Hoplia sibuyana
• Hoplia signata
• Hoplia simillima
• Hoplia simplex
• Hoplia siningensis
• Hoplia sobrina
• Hoplia sordida
• Hoplia spectabilis
• Hoplia squamacea
• Hoplia squamifera
• Hoplia squamiventris
• Hoplia stenolepis
• Hoplia striatipennis
• Hoplia subcostata
• Hoplia sulcicollis
• Hoplia surata
• Hoplia susiana
• Hoplia taipeiensis
• Hoplia taiwana
• Hoplia taliensis
• Hoplia tangana
• Hoplia teapensis
• Hoplia tenebrosa
• Hoplia tesari
• Hoplia testudinis
• Hoplia thibetana
• Three-lined Hoplia(Hoplia trifasciata)
• Dark Hoplia(Hoplia trivialis)
• Hoplia tuberculicollis
• Hoplia tuberculifera
• Hoplia uniformis
• Hoplia usambarica
• Hoplia ushijima
• Hoplia ushijimai
• Hoplia validipes
• Hoplia variabilis
• Hoplia ventraerata
• Hoplia ventricosa
• Hoplia versicolor
• Hoplia vestita
• Hoplia vicina
• Hoplia vidua
• Hoplia virginioi
• Hoplia viridisignata
• Hoplia viridissima
• Hoplia viridula
• Hoplia vittata
• Hoplia walterrossii
• Hoplia waterstradti
• Hoplia zaitzevi
• Hoplia zaragozai

Physical Description and Identification

Adult 

Size: 0.275-0.472 in (0.7-1.2 cm)

Color: Their color ranges from black to reddish brown, though species with blue, yellow, orange, or green coloration have also been identified.

Other Characteristic Features: Their antennae are broken up into 9-10 segments.

Larva

They are active mostly during the summer, feeding until they are ready to pupate.

Pupa

After reaching its final stage, the larvae hibernate as a pupa in the spring of the following year.

Egg

They are white as milk, oval in shape, and glossy.

Quick Facts

Other names	Monkey beetles
Lifespan	1 year
Distribution	Africa, Eurasia,  and the New World
Habitat	Meadows and orchards
Predators	Not recorded
Seasons active	Spring, March-May
Host Plants	Calla, citrus, irises, lilies, magnolia, olive, peonies, poppies, and strawberries
Diet of adults	Foliage and flowers of plants

Identifying the Damage Caused by Them

They often attack ornamental plants and grapevines.

Did You Know

• German entomologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger first coined this genus in 1803.

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