Unaware that this beetle was already well-known elsewhere, an Israeli researcher mistakenly renamed it Maladera matrida, the new scientific name reflecting the nuisance it brings: "matrida" "מטרידה" means "bothersome" in Hebrew.
This beetle, which is already known elsewhere, was given a new scientific name by an Israeli scientist who named it *Maladera matrida* because it is a pest. The name comes from the Hebrew word for "bothersome."