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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Criocerinae » Lemini » Lema » Lema trabeata

Species Lema trabeata

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Works Cited
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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 trabeata (Lema trabeata)
Other Common Names
Robed Lema
Explanation of Names
Lema trabeata Lacordaire, 1845
trabea (L). "A robe of state" (1)
Numbers
16 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size
5.2-6.7 mm (3)
Identification

Det. John R. Watts, 2008
Range
s US: AZ, TX to FL (AZ, TX, MS, FL) / Mex. to C. Amer. (4)
Season
May-Oct (BG data)
Food
mostly ground cherries (Physalis) and Datura. … John R. Watts, 2 July, 2008
See Also
Lema confusa - FL (3)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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.
3.A revision of the subfamily Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) of North America north of Mexico.
Richard E. White. 1993. USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.
4.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 July, 2008 - 9:47am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 June, 2022 - 9:11am

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