Grapevine Beetle
Scientific name: Pelidnota punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overview
Pelidnota punctata, the grapevine beetle, spotted June beetle or spotted pelidnota, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Rutelinae. Grapevine beetles are common in the north and central United States and eastern Canada, but do relatively little damage to their host plants. The beetles fly at a fast speed, usually in a curving flight.
From the Wikipedia article “Pelidnota punctata”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Nearctic(Canada: Manitoba, Ontaria, Quebec, USA:Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mas.
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: World Scarabaeidae Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — names in other languages. Q2551260, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Pelidnota punctata”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026