Family Chrysomelidae Rank Species | Order Coleoptera | |
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Similar Lilioceris, Agasicles hygrophila, Gratiana boliviana, Crematogaster ashmeadi, Dioscorea bulbifera | ||
Air potato beetle lilioceris cheni biological control of dioscorea bulbifera
Lilioceris cheni, the air potato leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the Lilioceris genus that feeds on air potato plants. Air potatoes and the beetles are from Asia. 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.
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