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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Criocerinae » Lema

Genus Lema

Classification · Numbers · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
This should be fun-NOT-beetle larvae? - Lema daturaphila Three-lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila Leaf Beetle on Datura - Lema daturaphila Blue-banded Lema Leaf Beetle - Lema solani THREE-LINED POTATO BEETLE - Lema daturaphila Leaf Beetle - Lema daturaphila Three-Lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila Three-lined potato beetle mating pair - Lema daturaphila - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Criocerinae
Genus Lema
Numbers
Nearctica lists 22 species.
16 spp in our area (1)
Food
Most frequently reported from plants of the families Solinaceae and Asteraceae but also recorded from other plant families. (2)
Print References
Journal of Chemical Ecology
Internet References
Auburn University Key to the species of Lema in Alabama.
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.Revision of the Subfamily Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) of North America North of Mexico
By Richard E. White
Contributed by tom murray on 19 June, 2005 - 11:29am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 February, 2009 - 8:48am

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