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Genus Lilioceris

orange beetle - Lilioceris lilii filth covered orange insect - Lilioceris lilii beetle on lily - Lilioceris lilii Lilioceris lilii Small red beetle - Lilioceris lilii Lilly Leaf Beetle larvae on Canada Lily - Lilioceris lilii Lilioceris cheni tiny red creature - Lilioceris lilii
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 Criocerini
Genus Lilioceris
Explanation of Names
Lilioceris Reitter 1912
Numbers
An (adventive) species in our area, dozens spp. total(1). Another species was introduced intentionally in 2012 in Florida to control the air potato vine.
Range
Native to the Old World, most diverse in Africa & E/SE Asia; in our area, e. Canada & adjacent US(1) and in Florida
Food
hosts: Fritillaria, Lilium(1) and Dioscorea bulbifera
See species pages.
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.