Odontria

***Odontria*** er en slekt av biller som har larver som eter planterøtter. De hører til underfamilien oldenborrer (Melolonthinae) i den store gruppen skarabider (Scarabaeoidea).

## Utseende
Små, bunlige oldenborrer. Oversiden er fløyelsaktig og kledt med lange, oppstående hår.

## Levevis
Larvene lever i jorden, utviklingen tar ett år. De voksne billene klekkes på høsten (april -mai) og har en lang aktivitetsperiode (til februar), med en dvaleperiode om vinteren. De flyr i skumringen når temperaturen er høyere enn 6-7 grader. De voksne billene gnager på planter, blant annet ulike gress og kløver.

## Utbredelse
Arten lever i New Zealand.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
** Underordenen Polyphaga
*** Overfamilien skarabider, Scarabaeoidea
**** Familien skarabider, Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1806
***** Underfamilien oldenborrer, Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819
****** Stammen Liparetrini Burmeister, 1855
******* Slekten *Odontria* White, 1846
******** *[[Odontria aenealis]]* Broun, 1909
******** *[[Odontria albonotata]]* Broun, 1893
******** *[[Odontria aurantia]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria aureopilosa]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria australis]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria autumnalis]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria borealis]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria carinata]]* Given, 1954
******** *[[Odontria cassiniae]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria castanea]]* Blanchard, 1851
******** *[[Odontria cinnamomea]]* White, 1846
******** *[[Odontria communis]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria convexa]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria costella]]* Broun, 1880
******** *[[Odontria decepta]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria epomeas]]* Lewis, 1902
******** *[[Odontria eximia]]* Broun, 1917
******** *[[Odontria fusca]]* Broun, 1893
******** *[[Odontria giveni]]* Watt, 1984
******** *[[Odontria glabrata]]* Broun, 1893
******** *[[Odontria halli]]* Broun, 1921
******** *[[Odontria inconspicua]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria macrothoracica]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria magnum]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria marmorata]]* Broun, 1893
******** *[[Odontria monticola]]* Broun, 1912
******** *[[Odontria nesobia]]* Broun, 1912
******** *[[Odontria nitidula]]* Broun, 1911
******** *[[Odontria obscura]]* Broun, 1895
******** *[[Odontria obsoleta]]* Broun, 1917
******** *[[Odontria occiputalis]]* Broun, 1893
******** *[[Odontria picipes]]* Broun, 1893
******** *[[Odontria piliventris]]* Broun, 1921
******** *[[Odontria puncticollis]]* Broun, 1915
******** *[[Odontria punctulata]]* Broun, 1880
******** *[[Odontria regalis]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria rossi]]* White, 1846
******** *[[Odontria rufescens]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria sandageri]]* Broun, 1881
******** *[[Odontria smithi]]* Broun, 1893
******** *[[Odontria striata]]* White, 1846
******** *[[Odontria suavis]]* Broun, 1880
******** *[[Odontria subnitida]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria sylvatica]]* Broun, 1880
******** *[[Odontria varicolorata]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria variegata]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria velutinum]]* Given, 1952
******** *[[Odontria xanthosticta]]* White, 1846

## Kilder
* Barratt, B.I.P. & Campbell, R.A. (1982) Biology of the striped chafer, *Odontria striata* (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) I. The adult, flight and ground surface activity, female reproductive maturation, and foodplant selection. *New Zealand Journal of Zoology* 9: 249-266. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03014223.1982.10423854
* Barratt, B.I.P. (1982) Biology of the striped chafer, *Odontria striata* (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) II. Larval Development. *New Zealand Journal of Zoology* 9: 267-278. http://www.researchgate.net/publication/233390116_Biology_of_the_striped_chafer_Odontria_striata_(Coleoptera_Scarabaeidae)_II._Larval_development
* Given, B.B. (1960) The Melolonthinae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Descriptions of new species, notes on types, and catalogue. New Zealand journal of science, 3(3): 363-381. http://www.bugz.org.nz/WebForms/ResultDetails.aspx?CurrentDoc=87436655-79F3-4229-BB07-E71CE00B3977&back=true&NewDoc=true&searchType=0&SearchString=Melolonthinae

## Eksterne lenker
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* Bilde av ''Odontria'' sp. 
* Bilde av ''Odontria xanthosticta''