Lema (Lema) cyanella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lee, Chi-Feng & Matsumura, Yoko, 2013, On newly and recently recorded species of the genus Lema Fabricius (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Criocerinae) from Taiwan, ZooKeys 262, pp. 17-38 : 30

Lema (Lema) cyanella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined.

Taiwan: 4 exs.: Taipei, Juifang, 10.II.2010, leg. H. Lee (TARI); 1ex., same locality, 21.II.2010, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 2 exs., same locality, 6.III.2010, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 11 exs., same locality (= Nanya trail), 15.III.2010, leg. H. Lee (TARI); 2 exs., same locality, 19.III.2010, leg. H. Lee (TARI); 5 exs., same locality, 20.III.2010,leg. H. Lee (TARI); 8 exs., same locality, 1.IV.2010, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1 ex., same localilty, 18.IV.2010, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1 ex., same locality, 25.IV.2010, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 2 exs.: Taipei, Pinglin, 1.VII.2008, leg. H. Lee (TARI).

Remarks.

This species was redescribed by Matsumura et al. (2011) who presumed Cirsium japonicum DC and Lema suffultum Matsum. ( Asteraceae ) to be its host plants. Here Cirsium japonicum ( Figs 47-48 ) is confirmed as a host plant by field observations and laboratory rearing.

Distribution.

Europe, China, Mongolia, Korea, Taiwan (new record), Japan.

Figures

Figures 43 - 48. Live adults or larvae in the field. 43 - 44 Lema diversipes on Pueraria lobata (Willd.) subsp. thomsonii (Benth.) Ohashi 43 a pair of adults 44 a cluster of larvae 45 - 46 Lema lacertosa on Commelina communis L. 45 adult 46 larva 47 - 48 Lema cyanella on Cirsium japonicum 47 adult 48 larva.