Air Potato Leaf Beetle

Lilioceris cheni

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae

Lilioceris cheni, the air potato leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the genus Lilioceris that feeds on air potato plants. Air potatoes and the beetles are both native to Asia but have been introduced elsewhere. The air potato plants are an invasive species found throughout Florida, and the beetles were introduced in 2012 by biologists in Florida to help control the spread of the air potato.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 471

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Air Potato Leaf Beetle

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