Lema honorata

Lema honorata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Criocerinae
Tribe: Lemini
Genus: Lema
Subgenus: Petauristes
Species:
L. honorata
Binomial name
Lema honorata
Baly, 1873
Synonyms

Cyrtonota honorata (Baly, 1869)

Lema honorata, common name yam beetle, is a species of beetle in family Chrysomelidae,[1] and was first described in 1873 by Joseph Sugar Baly.[1][2][3][4] The holotype was collected in Nagasaki from a Discorea plant.[4]

The host plants on which both larvae and adults feed are members of the yam family.[1] It is an agricultural pest in Japan.[5]

Distribution

Lema honorata is found in South Korea (where it found in Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam), and in Japan, China, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 (NIBR Species Detail: Lema (Petauristes) honorata Baly, 1873)". species.nibr.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  2. ^ "臺灣物種名錄 Catalogue of Life in Taiwan: Lema honorata Baly, 1873". taicol.tw. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  3. ^ Cho, H.-W.; An, S. L. (April 2020). "An Annotated Checklist of Leaf Beetles (coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Korea, with Comments and New Records: Аннотированный список жуков-листоедов (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Кореи с замечаниями и новыми указаниями" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (404): 6. doi:10.25221/fee.404.1 – via Academic Search Complete.
  4. ^ a b Joseph S. Baly (1873). "IV. Catalogue of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Japan, with descriptions of the species new to science". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 21 (1): 69-99 [73]. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1873.TB00637.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q56157430. (read 1872)
  5. ^ 梅谷献二、岡田利益 Kenji Umetani and Yoshiaki Okada (eds.) (2003) 日本農業害虫大事典 Encyclopedia of Japanese Agricultural Pests, 全国農村教育協会 National Rural Education Association