Punctate Flower Chafer

Neorrhina punctata · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Scarabaeidae

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Punctate Flower Chafer
Photo: Bruce Cathie, CC BY

The punctate flower chafer is a flower-chafer beetle (Neorrhina punctata). The species has been recorded under several obsolete or misspelled scientific names.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The punctate flower chafer is a species of flower chafer beetle.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its range covers eastern mainland Australia, from Victoria up through New South Wales to northern Queensland.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It has been listed under several obsolete or misspelled scientific names.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Punctate Flower Chafer photo 2
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY
Punctate Flower Chafer photo 3
Photo: Tony Eales, CC BY-SA
Punctate Flower Chafer photo 4
Photo: Philwarb, CC BY
Punctate Flower Chafer photo 5
Photo: James K. Douch, CC BY-SA

Same family (Scarabaeidae)

Japanese BeetleJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Green June BeetleCommon Green June BeetleCotinis nitidaDamages trees, gardens or cropsPhyllophaga crinitaPhyllophaga crinitaPhyllophaga crinitaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEuropean Rose ChaferEuropean Rose ChaferCetonia aurataMediterranean Spotted ChaferMediterranean Spotted ChaferOxythyrea funestaDamages trees, gardens or cropsOriental BeetleOriental BeetleExomala orientalisDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctate_flower_chafer

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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