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Pine chafer

Polyphylla fullo (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The pine chafer (Polyphylla fullo) is a species in the family Scarabaeidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the pine chafer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pine chafer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pine chafer as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Denmark

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pine chafer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pine chafer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyScarabaeidae
  6. genusPolyphylla
  7. SpeciesPolyphylla fullo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Melolontha fullo, Melolontha fullo luctuosa, Melolontha fullo marmorata, Polyphylla algirana, Polyphylla macrocera, Scarabaeus fullo

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Escarabat blancCatalan
  • chroust mlynaříkCzech
  • PibeoldenborreDanish
  • Türkischer MaikäferGerman
  • Polyphylla fulloSpanish
  • MäntyturilasFinnish
  • Hanneton du pinFrench
  • csapócserebogárHungarian
  • Maggiolino dei piniItalian
  • Margasis grambuolysLithuanian
  • DuinkeverDutch
  • Wałkarz lipczykPolish
  • Хрущ июльскийRussian
  • chrúst mramorovýSlovak
  • valkareSwedish
  • ManasTurkish
  • Хрущ мармуровийUkrainian
  • Escarabat de Sant JoanCatalan
  • Grosse JuliuskäferGerman
  • Marmorirte MaykäferGerman
  • MüllerkäferGerman
  • WalkerGerman
  • Escarabajo BataneroSpanish
  • Hanneton des DunesFrench
  • Hanneton des PinsFrench
  • Hanneton foulonFrench
  • MeunierFrench
  • KallócserebogárHungarian
  • DuinmeikeverDutch
  • JulikeverDutch
  • JunikeverDutch
  • Мраморный хрущRussian
  • Хрущ мраморныйRussian
  • Мраморный хрущ июльскийRussian
  • DozdozTurkish
  • Erik DeğdirenTurkish
  • geveze böcekTurkish
  • Haziran BöceğiTurkish
  • kadı lokmasıTurkish
  • Tıstıs böceğiTurkish
  • Tostos böceğiTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pine chafer

Other species in the same genus Polyphylla.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pine chafer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pine chafer as introduced in 1 country: Denmark, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pine chafer?

The pine chafer (Polyphylla fullo) belongs to the family Scarabaeidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pine chafer (Polyphylla fullo). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-chafer

MLA

“Pine chafer (Polyphylla fullo).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-chafer.

BibTeX
@misc{pine_chafer_2026,
  title = {Pine chafer (Polyphylla fullo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-chafer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}