| Melolontha | |
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| A cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) at take-off | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Melolonthini |
| Genus: | Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 |
| Species | |
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Many, see text | |
Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus.