Three-lined Lema Beetle
Lema trivittata Say, 1824
Three-lined Lema Beetle: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/17547
Synonyms
Three-lined Potato Beetle 
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This article is about Lema trivittata, commonly called the three-lined potato beetle. For Lema daturaphila, also called the three-lined potato beetle, see Lema daturaphila.

Lema trivittata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Lema
Species:
L. trivittata
Binomial name
Lema trivittata
Weber, 1909

Lema trivittata, known generally as the three-lined lema beetle or three-lined potato beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3] It is an introduced species in Australia[4]

Subspecies

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These two subspecies belong to the species Lema trivittata:

  • Lema trivittata medionota Schaeffer, 1933
  • Lema trivittata trivittata Say, 1824

Similar species

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L. trivittata resembles and is closely related to Lema daturaphila and Lema bilineata.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Lema trivittata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Lema trivittata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Scanlon, P. "Threelined Potato Beetle". Pest and Disease Image Library.
  4. ^ Monti, Maurilia M.; Ruocco, Michelina; Grobbelaar, Elizabeth; Pedata, Paolo A. (May 2020). "Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Lema bilineata (Germar), a New Alien Invasive Leaf Beetle for Europe, with Notes on the Related Species Lema daturaphila Kogan & Goeden". Insects. 11 (5): 295. doi:10.3390/insects11050295. PMC 7290676. PMID 32403314 – via Academic Search Complete.

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
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