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Species Lema opulenta

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Chrysomelid? on Solanum ptycanthum - Lema opulenta Lema opulenta Harold - Lema opulenta Lema opulenta Harold - Lema opulenta Lema opulenta Harold - Lema opulenta Criocerine - Lema opulenta Lema opulenta Harold - Lema opulenta Six spots short of a Diabrotica undecimpunctata ? - Lema opulenta Lema opulenta Harold - Lema opulenta

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
Tribe Lemini
Genus Lema
Species opulenta (Lema opulenta)

Explanation of Names

Lema opulenta Harold in Gemminger & Harold 1874

Identification

variable:

Range

n. TX to C. Amer. - Map (1)(2), common along the Balcones Fault of c. TX

Season

Mar-Oct (2)

Food

most common host in so. TX is Texas nightshade (Solanum triquetrum, Solanaceae) (Ed Riley, pers. comm. 2007)
abundant on tomato plants in c. TX (BG data)

Works Cited

1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 July, 2007 - 9:53am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 February, 2025 - 12:37pm

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