Cyclocephala hirta is a species in the family Scarabaeidae ("scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2][3] C. hirta and cousin Cyclocephala pasadenae are among the most common "June beetles" found in the Los Angeles Basin.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Cyclocephala |
| Species: | C. hirta
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyclocephala hirta Leconte, 1861
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References
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- ^ "Cyclocephala hirta Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Cyclocephala hirta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Cyclocephala hirta Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Hogue, Charles L.; Hogue, James N. (2015). Insects of the Los Angeles Basin (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 326–327. ISBN 978-0938644-44-6. LCCN 93084264. OCLC 910654655.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.