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Thricolema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Synetinae
Genus:	Thricolema Crotch, 1874
Species:	T. anomala
Binomial name
Thricolema anomala Crotch, 1874

Thricolema is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Synetinae. It contains only one species, Thricolema anomala, known from California and Oregon in the United States. Thricolema resembles Syneta, except that the adult females of Thricolema have simple tarsal claws, whereas adults of both sexes of Syneta have bifid claws. The body of an adult is elongated and fibrous. Adults are associated with Calocedrus decurrens.

References

1. ^ Crotch, G. R. (1874). "Descriptions of New Species of Coleoptera from the Pacifie Coast of the United States". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 5: 73–80. doi:10.2307/25076288. JSTOR 25076288.
2. Edwards, J. G. (1953). "Species of the genus Syneta of the World (Coleoptera : Chrysomeloidea)". The Wasmann Journal of Biology. 11 (1): 23–82.

External links

• "Tricholema anomala Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-04-18.

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