The apparently aposematic immature stages of a tropical shining leaf beetle, Lema insularis, are described, the host plant is revealed to be Dioscorea mexicana, and observations on the camouflaged larvae of a co-existing herbivore, the sawfly Acorduloceridea compressicornis, and the adults of a co-mimic, Diabrotica godmani, are made.
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1 October 2007
ONE PLANT, TWO HERBIVORE STRATEGIES: LEMA INSULARIS (CHRYSOMELIDAE: CRIOCERINAE) AND ACORDULOCERIDEA COMPRESSICORNIS (PERGIDAE: ACORDULOCERINAE) ON DIOSCOREA MEXICANA (DIOSCOREACEAE), WITH OBSERVATIONS ON A LEMA CO-MIMIC
Annette Aiello,
Fredric V. Vencl
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Journal of the New York Entomological Society
Vol. 114 • No. 3
October 2007
Vol. 114 • No. 3
October 2007
Diabrotica godmani
Galerucinae
life histories
Panama
sawfly