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title: "Oriental Beetle"
description: "Exomala orientalis — Insectes et araignées. Anomala orientalis (synonym Exomala orientalis), also known as the oriental beetle (OB), is a species of Rutelinae (shining leaf chafers) in the family Scarabaeidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/oriental-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Oriental Beetle

> Exomala orientalis — Insectes et araignées. Anomala orientalis (synonym Exomala orientalis), also known as the oriental beetle (OB), is a species of Rutelinae (shining leaf chafers) in the family Scarabaeidae.

- Scientific name: *Exomala orientalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 32531
- Wikidata: [Q22111498](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22111498)
- iNaturalist taxon: [359401](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/359401)

## Names

- en: Oriental Beetle

## Countries with the most observations

US (27710), JP (1137), KR (745), CA (616), IN (4)

## Summary

Anomala orientalis (synonym Exomala orientalis), also known as the oriental beetle (OB), is a species of Rutelinae (shining leaf chafers) in the family Scarabaeidae. It is a beetle about 0.7 - 1.1 cm (0.3 - 0.4 inches) long, with mottled, metallic brown- and black-colored elytra and a similarly colored thorax and head during the adult stage. It is sometimes confused with the larger and more colorful Japanese beetle. During the larval stage, the oriental beetle can be identified by the parallel line raster pattern.
This species is native to Asia where it was first found in Japan in 1875. Over time, A. orientalis was…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomala_orientalis

## Photo

![Oriental Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: cgmayers · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170334331

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-beetle?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).