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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 » Criocerini » Lilioceris

Genus Lilioceris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Lily Leaf Beetle - Lilioceris lilii Lily Leaf Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) - Confirm, Please - Lilioceris lilii Scarlet Lily Leaf Beetle - Lilioceris lilii beetle - Lilioceris cheni Lilioceris lilii - Lily Leaf Beetle - Lilioceris lilii - male - female Black and red beetle - Lilioceris cheni Lilioceris cheni Air Potato Leaf Beetle - Lilioceris cheni - Lilioceris cheni
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Criocerinae
Tribe Criocerini
Genus Lilioceris
Explanation of Names
Lilioceris Reitter 1912
Numbers
An (adventive) species in our area, dozens spp. total(1). Another species was introduced intentionally in 2012 in Florida to control the air potato vine.
Range
Native to the Old World, most diverse in Africa & E/SE Asia; in our area, e. Canada & adjacent US(1) and in Florida
Food
hosts: Fritillaria, Lilium(1) and Dioscorea bulbifera
See species pages.
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by tom murray on 13 June, 2005 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 30 July, 2015 - 8:13pm

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