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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)
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leaf beetle on SW Thorn Apple - Lema daturaphila
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Schimming

leaf beetle on SW Thorn Apple - Lema daturaphila
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
April 2, 2009
Calligrapha californica or something close? Sorry, this was the best shot I could get without tearing the plant apart...and I was reluctant to do that since it's poisonous.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 8 April, 2009 - 9:45pm
Last updated 8 April, 2009 - 11:09pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… Lynette Schimming, 8 April, 2009 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

not too close... must be Lema daturaphila
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… v belov, 8 April, 2009 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Makes sense
that plant is in the same family as the potato.
… Lynette Schimming, 8 April, 2009 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

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