-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Leaf Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Chrysomeloidea)

-Leaf Beetles Family (Chrysomelidae)

-​Shining Leaf Beetles (Subfamily Criocerinae)

-Tribe Lemini

-Genus Lema

-Subgenus Quasilema

-Lema confusa

Lema confusa beetles are relatively small and often exhibit a distinctive color pattern, typically orange or reddish with dark markings or black head and legs. They commonly target plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), especially potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers, as well as some other agricultural crops.