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title: "Lily Leaf Beetle"
description: "Lilioceris lilii — Insects & spiders. The scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle, or lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii), is a leaf beetle that eats the leaves, stem, buds, and flowers, of lilies, fritillaries and other members of the family Liliaceae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lily-leaf-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lily Leaf Beetle

> Lilioceris lilii — Insects & spiders. The scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle, or lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii), is a leaf beetle that eats the leaves, stem, buds, and flowers, of lilies, fritillaries and other members of the family Liliaceae.

- Scientific name: *Lilioceris lilii*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 14115
- Wikidata: [Q250728](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250728)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55761](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55761)

## Names

- en: Lily Leaf Beetle
- de: Lilienhähnchen
- es: Escarabajo de las hojas
- fr: Criocère du lys
- nl: Leliehaantje
- pl: Poskrzypka liliowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (3064), GB (2201), CA (2043), DE (962), RU (722), FR (690), AT (364), IT (331), FI (260), PL (260), DK (255), LT (226)

## Summary

The scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle, or lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii), is a leaf beetle that eats the leaves, stem, buds, and flowers, of lilies, fritillaries and other members of the family Liliaceae. It lays its eggs most often on Lilium and Fritillaria species. In the absence of Lilium and Fritillaria species, there are fewer eggs laid and the survival rate of eggs and larvae is reduced. It is now a pest in most temperate climates where it is not indigenous and lilies are cultivated.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_lily_beetle

## Photo

![Lily Leaf Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lily-leaf-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Matthew Wilkinson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96082560

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lily-leaf-beetle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).