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Neolema
Genus
Neolema
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
Neolema
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
originally erected as a subgenus of
Lema
(
1
)
(
2
)
Explanation of Names
Neolema
Monrós 1951
Numbers
7 spp. in our area, 9 total
(
1
)
Identification
Key to spp. in
(
2
)
Range
nearctic: PA‒MO‒AZ into Mexico
(
1
)
Food
Primary hosts include
Commelina
and
Tradescantia
(Commelinaceae)
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
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.
2.
A revision of the subfamily Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) of North America north of Mexico.
Richard E. White. 1993. USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 25 March, 2005 - 3:14pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 21 November, 2023 - 10:30pm