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Genus Lema

Three Lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila Leaf Beetle - Lema trivittata Leaf beetle larvae - Lema solani Beetle - Lema trabeata Robed Lema-Chryso - Lema trabeata Three-lined potato beetle mating pair - Lema daturaphila - male - female Lima trivittata - Lema trivittata - male - female Three-lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila
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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