Strigoderma arboricola

{{short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Strigoderma | species = arboricola | authority = (Fabricius, 1793) | synonyms = {{Species list | Strigoderma angustula | Casey, 1915 | Strigoderma irregularis | Casey, 1915 | Strigoderma obesula | Casey, 1915 | Strigoderma puritana | Casey, 1915 | Strigoderma quaternaria | Casey, 1915 | Strigoderma testaceipennis | Nonfried, 1893 | Strigoderma texana | Casey, 1915 | Strigoderma virginica | Casey, 1915 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=itis/> }}

'''''Strigoderma arboricola''''', known generally as '''sand chafer''', is a species of shining leaf chafer in the family of beetles known as Scarabaeidae. Other common names include the '''spring rose beetle''', '''false Japanese beetle''', and '''rose chafer'''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Strigoderma arboricola'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5322V|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=May 26, 2026}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Strigoderma arbicola'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=928890 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2018-04-24 }}</ref> <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Strigoderma arbicola'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7542556 | website=GBIF | accessdate=2018-04-24 }}</ref> <ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Strigoderma arbicola'' Species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/44690 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=2018-04-24 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea | date = 2006 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-30914-2 }} {{refend}}

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