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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 conjuncta

Species Lema conjuncta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Lema conjuncta Lacordaire - Lema conjuncta Unknown Beetle top orange and black - Lema conjuncta Unknown Beetle cleaning foot orange and black - Lema conjuncta Unknown Beetle front orange and black - Lema conjuncta Lema conjuncta Lacordaire - Lema conjuncta Leaf Beetle - Lema conjuncta Leaf Beetle - Lema conjuncta Coleoptera - Lema conjuncta
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 conjuncta (Lema conjuncta)
Explanation of Names
Lema conjuncta Lacordaire 1845
Size
5.8-7.4 mm (1)
Identification
Each elytron mostly black with narrow lateral margin orange or yellow, also with basal light marking covering 3 intervals and extending 1/8 to nearly 1/2 length of elytron. (1)
Pronotum sometimes with 2 black spots.
Range
se US, AZ (TX-FL-SC-MO, AZ) - Map (2)(3)
Food
asso. w/ Solanum carolinense and Physalis heterophylla (Solanaceae) (4)
Print References
Wickham, H F. 1985. A note on the insects of the Tortugas. Entomological News, 6(7): 210-212.
Works Cited
1.A revision of the subfamily Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) of North America north of Mexico.
Richard E. White. 1993. USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.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 Mike Quinn on 26 February, 2009 - 10:34am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 March, 2023 - 1:54pm

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