Julodis occurs from southern Europe, Central Asia and Asia Minor to North Africa, with an isolated group in southern Africa. Amblysterna and Neojulodis occur in eastern and southern Africa, Julodella occurs in southwestern Africa, Asia Minor and Central Asia, and Aaata is known only from southern Iran and Pakistan. Adult Julodinae are often found in numbers on feeding on foliage.
Eggs are laid in the soil and larvae are root feeders.
Data at least partly checked by C. L. Bellamy. References Bellamy, C. L. 1985. Bellamy, C. L., R. L. Westcott and D. S. Verity 1988. Bily, S. 1983. Cobos, A. 1953.