Lilioceris (Lilioceris) merdigera (Linnaeus, 1758) | Leaf Beetle profile from Japan

Overview

Scientific name: Lilioceris (Lilioceris) merdigera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Japanese name: ユリクビナガハムシ
Group: Leaf Beetle
Family: Chrysomelidae (ハムシ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 18

Summary

Lilioceris (Lilioceris) merdigera (Linnaeus, 1758) is documented here as a leaf beetle associated with plants recorded in Japan.

The scientific name is used as the primary identifier because a stable English common name is not always available for Japanese taxa.

Family: Chrysomelidae (ハムシ科).

Recorded larval host plants

Lilium lancifolium
Japanese name: オニユリ
Lilium longiflorum
Japanese name: テッポウユリ
Lilium speciosum
Japanese name: カノコユリ
Smilax china
Japanese name: サルトリイバラ
Dioscorea japonica
Japanese name: ヤマノイモ
Digitaria ciliaris
Japanese name: メヒシバ
オイシバ
Japanese name: オイシバ
Setaria viridis
Japanese name: エノコログサ
Triticum aestivum
Japanese name: コムギ
Elymus tsukushiensis var. transiens
Japanese name: カモジグサ
Setaria italica
Japanese name: アワ
Oryza sativa
Japanese name: イネ
Phragmites australis
Japanese name: ヨシ
Dactylis glomerata
Japanese name: カモガヤ
Imperata cylindrica var. koenigii
Japanese name: チガヤ
Zizania latifolia
Japanese name: マコモ
Allium victorialis subsp. platyphyllum
Japanese name: ギョウジャニンニク
Allium thunbergii
Japanese name: ヤマラッキョウ