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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 » 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 · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Three Lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila - male - female Three-lined Potato Beetle, larva - Lema daturaphila Leaf Beetle on Datura - Lema daturaphila Three-lined Potato Beetle - Lema daturaphila Three-Lined Potato Beetles - Lema daturaphila - male - female Beetle [Lema daturaphila?] ID Request - Lema daturaphila leaf beetle on SW Thorn Apple - 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
Species daturaphila (Three-lined Potato Beetle)
Other Common Names
Old Fashioned Potato Beetle
Pronunciation
day-toor-uh-FEEL-uh
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lema trilineata, Lema trilinea
Explanation of Names
Means "Datura loving." Datura is a genus of plant in the Nightshade family. The potato is not in the genus Datura, but is in the Nightshade family. This beetle feeds on both potato plants and other members of the Nightshade family.
Numbers
One of 22 Nearctic species in the genus.
Size
6 to 7.5 mm.
Identification
Might be easily confused with the sibling species, Lema trivittata. Compare there
Range
Sympatric with its sibling species.
Food
Adults and larvae feed on members of the Nightshade family.
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Forestry Images website

Leaf Beetles of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Works Cited
1.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
Contributed by tom murray on 19 June, 2005 - 11:29am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Stephen Cresswell, Boris Bueche
Last updated 3 July, 2008 - 8:39am

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