Red-headed cockchafer
| Red-headed cockchafer | |
|---|---|
| Red-headed cockchafer, Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Adoryphorus |
| Species: | A. coulonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Adoryphorus coulonii (Burmeister, 1847) | |
The red-headed cockchafer or red-headed pasture cockchafer (Adoryphorus couloni or Adoryphorus coulonii) is a species of Australian scarab beetle in the genus Adoryphorus. It is a pasture pest in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania. It has become naturalised in Canterbury, New Zealand, where it was first recorded in 1963.