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| Dermolepida albohirtum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Melolonthini |
| Genus: | Dermolepida |
| Species: | D. albohirtum
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| Binomial name | |
| Dermolepida albohirtum (C.O.Waterhouse, 1875)
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Wikispecies has information related to Cane beetle.
Dermolepida albohirtum, the cane beetle, is a native Australian beetle and a pest of sugarcane. Adult beetles eat the leaves of sugarcane, but greater damage is done by their larvae hatching underground and eating the roots, which either kills or stunts the growth of the plant.[1] The beetles can also be found in the Philippines and are known there by the local name salagubang.