{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | genus= Polyphylla | species = brownae | authority = Young, 1986 | synonyms = }} '''''Polyphylla brownae''''' is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.<ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/1057484 Global Biodiversity Information Facility]</ref> It is found in Alabama and Mississippi.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Polyphylla (Polyphylla) brownae'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4LDYQ|website= World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16).|location= Amsterdam, Netherlands|publisher= Catalogue of Life Foundation|access-date=April 8, 2026}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
== Description == Adults reach a length of about {{cvt|27-29.3|mm}} (males) and about {{cvt|25.5|mm}} (females). They may be distinguished from related species by their lack of recumbent scales, no notable colour pattern and a pattern of coarse punctures on the pronotum.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=Skelley|first1=P. E.|date= 2003|title= Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae).|url= http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/25029/24360|journal=Insecta Mundi|volume=17|issue=3-4|publisher= |pages= 129-156|doi= |access-date= April 8, 2026}}</ref>
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Category:Beetles described in 1986 Category:Beetles of North America Category:Polyphylla
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