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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Criocerinae » Lemini » Lema » striped species (Lema striped species) » Three-lined Potato Beetle (Lema daturaphila)
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Three-lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila - male - female
Copyright © 2015 Kurt Hasselman

Three-lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila - Male Female
Titusville, Brevard County, Florida, USA
January 17, 2015
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Contributed by Kurt Hasselman on 7 March, 2015 - 5:05pm
Last updated 30 March, 2015 - 11:08am

probably Lema daturaphila --det. S.M. Clark
his comment: "often difficult to distinguish from L. trivittata"

Moved from striped species.
… v belov, 30 March, 2015 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
Three-lined Potato Beetle
Thanks
They do look pretty similar.
Especially when you look at how much the color can vary!
… Kurt Hasselman, 30 March, 2015 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 7 March, 2015 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

Beatles
Where are their guitars? :-)
… Larry de March, 7 March, 2015 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Beatles
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
… Kurt Hasselman, 8 March, 2015 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

 
people keep their spellcheckers on, which tends to mess up words
… v belov, 7 March, 2015 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

Lema of sorts
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… v belov, 7 March, 2015 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

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