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Subfamily Criocerinae

Lily Leaf Beetle - Lilioceris lilii Bright Orange Beetle - Lema trabeata Chrysomelidae,  white silken ?cocoon? - Oulema collaris Oulema variabilis R. White - Oulema variabilis Lema daturaphila? - Lema daturaphila Scarlet Lily Leaf Beetle - Lilioceris lilii Hatteras beetle Chrysomelid on Physalis walteri 2023 2 - Lema daturaphila Lily Leaf Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) - Lilioceris lilii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Criocerinae
Other Common Names
Shining Leaf Beetles
Explanation of Names
Criocerinae Latreille 1807
Numbers
44 spp. in our area(1), ~1,500 spp. in ~20 genera worldwide(2)
Identification
revision in(1)
Range
worldwide
Season
Overwinter as adults(1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the subfamily Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) of North America north of Mexico.
Richard E. White. 1993. USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.