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Labidomera clivicollis specimens in a portion of a unit tray curated in the TAMUIC
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County Record Data from E.G. Riley, Dec. 2005
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Data source Riley et al. 2003
Range: Widespread in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, south to northern Mexico (Riley et al. 2003).
Hosts:
Both larvae and adults feed exclusively on Asclepias, Cynanchum, Sarcostemma - Milkweed family Asclepiadaceae (Clark et al. 2004).
In Central Texas, Cynanchum unifarium is the major host plant (Palmer, 1985a).
Talayote - Cynanchum racemosum var. unifarium - USDA
Adult Activity:
In Central Texas, this beetle is active in the spring and fall due the the host plant growth as determined by the bimodal pattern of annual rainfall in the region. Labidomera can diapause only in the adult stage.
In the lab, increasing day lengths induce breeding, shortening day lengths induces diapause.
Larval Activity:
Larvae undergo four instars prior to burrowing into the soil to pupate (Palmer, 1985a).
Adult size can vary greatly, because larvae in the last stadium (instar) become competent to metamorphose at weights much lower than those normally attained under favorable nutritional conditions. (Palmer, 1984)
Similar Species:
There are four species of Labidomera, but only L. clivicollis occurs north of Mexico. The other species occur in Mexico and Central America.
Labidomera suturella (Germar) - Occurs as far north as Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Photos:
Biography: William Kirby (1759 – 1850) was an English entomologist - Wikipedia
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