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Lileoceris cheni

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Lileoceris cheni, the air potato beetle, is a type of beetle in the Lilioceris genus that feed on air potato plants. Air potatoes and the beetles are from Asia. The air potato plants are an invasive species in Central Florida and the beetles were introduced in 2012 by biologists in Florida in hopes that they will help control the spread of the air potato.^[1]

References

^ Nature Conservancy Magazine February / March 2015

Further reading

Air Potato Leaf Beetle (Suggested Common Name), Lilioceris cheni Gressitt and Kimoto (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae) Ted D. Center and William A. Overholt2 University of Florida IFAS Extension
common name: air potato leaf beetle (suggested common name) scientific name: Lilioceris cheni Gressitt and Kimoto (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae) Featured Creatures, University of Florida IFAS

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