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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 » Neolema » Neolema ovalis
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Lema or Eulema - Neolema ovalis
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

Lema or Eulema - Neolema ovalis
Tucson Mountain Park, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 11, 2008
Size: 3 mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 12 July, 2008 - 7:52pm
Last updated 22 October, 2011 - 10:41am

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 16 July, 2008 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

How exciting! You have photog
How exciting! You have photographed Neolema ovalis, which was described by White in 1993. I hope I can find some when I'm down that way the end of this month. It is a species I have yet to add to my collection. Host plant is a day flower, Commelina sp.
… John Randall Watts, 16 July, 2008 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

 
It got away
It landed very shortly on a little tree at the prairie dog exhibit at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum - prob. not the host plant. But it disappeared before I could catch it. Good luck, I'll keep an eye out for more
… margarethe brummermann, 16 July, 2008 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

 
Host plant should be Commelin
Host plant should be Commelina or possibly Tradescantia. Good luck!
… John Randall Watts, 17 July, 2008 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

 
Margarethe, I am doing a talk
Margarethe, I am doing a talk this year at IECC on the chrysomelid beetles of the Sonoran Desert. It's an introduction to the diversity of the fauna there and the various behaviors that the beetles exhibit and their potential to be used in ecological education and was wondering if you would mind if I used this picture in my talk. I would of course credit you in the photograph credits. Your photographs are always so wonderful.
… John Randall Watts, 12 March, 2024 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

 
yes, sure
this beasty took off right after the shot, so not a great pic
… margarethe brummermann, 12 March, 2024 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

or Neolema - Criocerinae is safe
looks like something new for the guide. Hope John Watts can identify it.
… Rob Westerduijn, 15 July, 2008 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

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