One Plant, Two Herbivore Strategies: Lema Insularis (chrysomelidae: Criocerinae) and Acorduloceridea Compressicornis (pergidae: Acordulocerinae) on Dioscorea Mexican a (dioscoreaceae), with Observations on a Lema Co-mimic
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—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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