Lema honorata, common name yam beetle, is a species of beetle in family Chrysomelidae, and was first described in 1873 by Joseph Sugar Baly. (read 1872) The holotype was collected in Nagasaki from a Discorea plant.
The host plants on which both larvae and adults feed are members of the yam family. It is an agricultural pest in Japan.梅谷献二、岡田利益 Kenji Umetani and Yoshiaki Okada (eds.) (2003) 日本農業害虫大事典 Encyclopedia of Japanese Agricultural Pests, 全国農村教育協会 National Rural Education Association
Distribution Lema honorata is found in South Korea (where it found in Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam), and in Japan, China, Thailand, and Vietnam.
References
External links Lema honorata: Images & occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility