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Exema byersi ''Exema byersi'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered t ...

'' Karren, 1966Balsbaugh & Hays (1972) *''

Exema canadensis ''Exema canadensis'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than ...

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Retrieved 2006-DEC-17. *''Exema chiricahuana'' Pierce, 1941 *''

Exema conspersa ''Exema conspersa'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2 ...

'' Mannerheim, 1843 *''

Exema deserti ''Exema deserti'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,5 ...

'' Pierce, 1940 *''

Exema dispar ''Exema dispar'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered t ...

'' Lacordaire, 1848 *''

Exema elliptica ''Exema elliptica'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2, ...

'' Karren, 1966 *''

Exema gibber ''Exema gibber'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,50 ...

'' Fabricius, 1798 *''Exema globensis'' Pierce, 1940 *''Exema inyoensis'' Pierce, 1940 *''Exema jenksi'' Pierce, 1940 *''

Exema mormona ''Exema mormona'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,5 ...

'' Karren, 1966 *''

Exema neglecta ''Exema neglecta'' is a species of warty leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2, ...

'' Blatchley, 1920 *''Exema parvisaxi'' Pierce 1940

Footnotes

References

* (1972): The Leaf Beetles of Alabama. ''Bulletin of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station'' 441: 1–223
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* Cryptocephalinae Chrysomelidae genera Taxa named by Jean Théodore Lacordaire {{Cryptocephalinae-stub