Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Criocerinae
Tribe: Lemiini
Genus: Lema
Subgenus: Petaurites
Species: quadripunctata
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Criocerinae
Tribe: Lemiini
Genus: Lema
Subgenus: Petaurites
Species: quadripunctata
Common names: Leaf beetle
Distribution: Nepal, Ceylon, Burma, Andaman Is., Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Java. Image locations: Chiang Mai (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.) Hosts: Additional notes: ID confirmation & comments Pavel Romantsov. "This species is very variable. This one specimen has small black spots which are usually larger. But there are specimens without any spots". |
Images of Lema (Petaurites) quadripunctata from Thailand.
References:
Systematic Catalog of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal and Bhutan - Shinsaku Kimoto
Systematic Catalog of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal and Bhutan - Shinsaku Kimoto