Sexual-transmission-of-parasites

Guides

• Labidomera

  milkweed leaf beetle

  Labidomera is a genus of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) in the tribe Chrysomelini. The genus includes several species, with L. clivicollis being the most studied and widely distributed. Members are strongly associated with milkweed plants (Asclepias) and related genera. The genus exhibits unusual larval locomotion and participates in Müllerian mimicry rings with other orange-and-black milkweed insects.

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