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Species Oulema sayi

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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 Oulema
No Taxon (subgenus Hapsidolemoides)
Species sayi (Oulema sayi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oulema sayi (Crotch, 1873)
Orig. Comb: Lema sayi Crotch, 1873
Explanation of Names
Oulema sayi (Crotch, 1873)
sayi = named after Thomas Say, a prominent American entomologist and naturalist of the early 19th century
Identification
black spot on pronotum sometimes absent
Range
e. US (TX-FL-NJ-IN) - Map (1)(2)
Food
Asso. w Commelinaceae, incl. Commelina and Tradescantia (3)
Internet References
Species page - E.G. Riley (4)