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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 » Lemini » Lema » Three-lined Potato Beetle (Lema daturaphila)

Species Lema daturaphila - Three-lined Potato Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Three Lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila - male - female Three-Lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila Three-lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila Three-lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila Three-lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila Lema daturaphila Leaf Beetle on Corn leaf - Lema daturaphila Unknonw 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
Tribe Lemini
Genus Lema
Species daturaphila (Three-lined Potato Beetle)
Other Common Names
Old-fashioned Potato Beetle
Pronunciation
day-toor-uh-FEEL-uh
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=trilineata, trilinea
Explanation of Names
Lema daturaphila Kogan & Goeden 1970
'Datura-loving' (Datura is a food plant)
Size
6-7.5 mm
Identification
looks similar to the sympatric L. trivittata
Range
CA-FL-ME-OR / adj Can / Mex (1)
Food
hosts: various Solanaceae
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
Contributed by tom murray on 19 June, 2005 - 11:29am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Stephen Cresswell, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 24 May, 2012 - 1:07pm

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