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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 » Oulema » subgenus Hapsidolemoides (Oulema subgenus Hapsidolemoides) » Oulema collaris

Species Oulema collaris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Oulema collaris (Say) - Oulema collaris Chrysomelidae, eggs & herbivory on Spiderwort - Oulema collaris Chrysomelidae, white frothy hardened ?cocoon? - Oulema collaris Chrysomelidae, white frothy hardened ?cocoon? - Oulema collaris Oulema collaris (Say) - Oulema collaris black and red beetle - Oulema collaris Oulema collaris pair - Oulema collaris - male - female A colorful beetle for ID. - Oulema collaris
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 Oulema
No Taxon (subgenus Hapsidolemoides)
Species collaris (Oulema collaris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oulema collaris (Say)
Orig. Comb: Lema collaris Say 1824
Numbers
17 spp. n. of Mex. (1 immigrant) (1)
Identification
note black head, coarse elytral punctuation

Dets. E. G. Riley, 2009
Range
e. US (TX-FL-NJ-SD) - Map (1)(2)
Food
Commelinaceae, primarily spiderwort - Tradescantia spp. (3)
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)
3.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 July, 2008 - 8:54am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 June, 2023 - 3:21pm

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