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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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Abstract

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.

Annette Aiello and Fredric V. Vencl "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," Journal of the New York Entomological Society 114(3), 144-156, (1 October 2007). https://doi.org/10.1664/0028-7199(2007)114[144:OPTHSL]2.0.CO;2
Received: 30 August 2006; Accepted: 1 February 2007; Published: 1 October 2007
KEYWORDS
Diabrotica godmani
Galerucinae
life histories
Panama
sawfly
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