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Copyright © 2011 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Yellow Beetle - Lema nigrovittata

San Pedro River Valley, SE of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
July 29, 2011
Size: approx 12-14 mm

Looks similar to, but does not seem to match Disonycha alternata Beetle or Three-lined Potato Beetle (Lema trilinea); in tall grass, Sonoran desert area with many creosotes, elev 2800 feet

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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 25 November, 2011 - 4:10pm
Last updated 19 May, 2012 - 12:22pm

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what about "Acalymma vittatum"

… Gary Sargent, 5 August, 2013 - 8:19am

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A. vittatum doesn't look like this and is in a diff. subfamily

the L. nigrovittata ID has been provided by a leading expert

… v belov, 7 August, 2013 - 10:55am

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Moved

Moved from Lema.

… Ed Riley, 19 May, 2012 - 12:22pm

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Moved

Moved from Lema.

… Ed Riley, 19 May, 2012 - 12:18pm

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Moved

Moved from Three-lined Potato Beetle.

… John R. Maxwell, 27 November, 2011 - 9:19am

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Moved

Moved from Lema.

… v belov, 26 November, 2011 - 12:46pm

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Lema

while reading up to ID some SC images on BugGude, I am having my doubts about this one. Of course, being from AZ the color patterns could be entirely different from eastern populations of L. daturaphila.

It might be best to move this one back to the genus level. I don't remember anything else from AZ looking like this, but I also probably wasn't entirely familiar with the area's fauna either.

… Blaine Mathison, 27 November, 2011 - 9:17am

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Lema

based on my collecting experiences in AZ, this is most-certainly L. daturaphila (=trilinea). They were quite common at middle and lower elevations, especially on Datura.

… Blaine Mathison, 26 November, 2011 - 12:00pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 25 November, 2011 - 4:58pm

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