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Species Exema dispar

Warty leaf beetle 10.06.17 (1) - Exema dispar

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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)

Tribe Fulcidacini (Warty Leaf Beetles)

Genus Exema

Species dispar (Exema dispar)

Explanation of Names

Exema dispar Lacordaire 1848

Numbers

9 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

Length 2.5-2.8 mm (2)

Identification

large areas of yellow on the head and anterior pronotum.

Det. E. G. Riley, 2010

Range

e US (TX-FL-ME-SD) / Ont. / Mex. - Map (3)(4), particularly common s. Great Plains

Season

mostly Apr-July (2)(4)

Food

Ambrosia trifida, Ambrosia psilostachya, Helianthus tuberosus, Helianthus hirsutus, Eupatorium drummondii, Eupatorium maculatum, and Eupatorium alba. Also recorded from Chrysanthemum sp., Silphium, "artichoke", Achillea, Cercis occidentalis, strawberry, Salix sp., Verbesina, Quercus virginiana, Bidens pilosa, and cabbage. (5) Asteraceae (6)

Print References

Karren, J. 1966. A revision of the genus Exema of America north of Mexico (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 46: 647–695. (5)

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.

2.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

3.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	A revision of the genus Exema of America, north of Mexico (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) J.B. Karren. 1966. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 46:647-695.

6.	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 22 July, 2010 - 1:25pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 10 August, 2023 - 1:47pm

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