# Strigoderma arboricola

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{{short description|Species of beetle}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Strigoderma
| species = arboricola
| authority = ([Fabricius](/source/Johan_Christian_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](/source/Rutelinae) in the family of beetles known as [Scarabaeidae](/source/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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Category:Anomalini
Category:Strigoderma
Category:Articles created by Qbugbot
Category:Beetles described in 1793
Category:Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius

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