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Leaf beetle - Lema trabeata
Copyright © 2008 Graham Montgomery

Leaf beetle - Lema trabeata
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
June 29, 2008
Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 29 June, 2008 - 2:48pm
Last updated 16 May, 2011 - 12:46pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 2 July, 2008 - 9:47am

leaf beetle
This is Lema trabeata and is found from peninsular Florida over to Arizona and thence down to Columbia. Host plants are mostly ground cherries (Physalis) and Datura. Very nice photo as the orange markings fade to a dull orange-brown upon death. The light elytral markings on an otherwise black insect are distinctive for this species.
… John Randall Watts, 2 July, 2008 - 8:12am

 
thanks a lot for your time --
very enlightening
… v belov, 2 July, 2008 - 9:25am

Lema sp.
may or may not be conspecific with this one -- but no sp.name :-[
… v belov, 29 June, 2008 - 5:24pm

 
You are correct.
You are correct.
… John Randall Watts, 3 July, 2008 - 8:38am

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