EPPO Global Database

Melolontha melolontha(MELOME)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-11

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MELOME
  • Preferred name: Melolontha melolontha
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Other scientific names
Name Authority
Melolontha vulgaris (Fabricius)

Common names
Name Language
common European cockchafer English
may bug English
white grub English
Engerling German
Feldmaikäfer German
gemeiner Maikäfer German
hanneton commun French
man French
turc French
ver blanc French
abejorro común Spanish
gallina ciega Spanish
gusano blanco Spanish
maggiolino Italian
melolonta Italian
scarabeo di maggio Italian
verme bianco Italian
gewone meikever Dutch
witte worm Dutch
majbagge Swedish
vanlig ollenborre Swedish
almindelig oldenborre Danish
saksanturilas Finnish
mayis bocegi Turkish
májusi cserebogár Hungarian
paprastasis grambuolys Lithuanian