Octotoma

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Octotoma
Octotoma plicatula.jpg
Octotoma plicatula
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Chalepini
Genus: Octotoma
Dejean, 1836

Octotoma is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Octotoma. [1] [2] [3]

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Species

These species belong to the genus Octotoma:

SpeciesTaxon name and authorHabitatNotes ITIS ID
Octotoma brasiliensis   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma brasiliensis [4] (Julius Weise 1921) Brazil 841433 [4]
Lantana leafminer   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma championi (Joseph Sugar Baly 1886) Texas, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Larvae have been recorded feeding on Lantana camara , Lantana hispida and Lantana trifolia , while adults feed on Mentha , Origanum and Sesamum species. [5] 719970 [4]
Octotoma crassicornis   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma crassicornis [4] (Julius Weise 1910) Brazil 841434 [4]
Octotoma gundlachii   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma gundlachii [4] (Christian Suffrian 1868) Cuba Introduced to Hawaii, but is not established there. They have been recorded feeding on Lantana species. [5] 841437 [4]
Octotoma intermedia   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma intermedia [4] (Charles Staines 1989) Tamaulipas 841438 [4]
Octotoma marginicollis   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma marginicollis [4] (Walther Horn 1883) United States, Mexico They have been recorded feeding on Perezia thurberi . Adults have been collected on Fraxinus species. [5] 719971 [4]
Octotoma nigra   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma nigra [4] (Erich Uhmann 1940) Bahia 841435 [4]
Trumpet creeper leaf miner   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma plicatula [4] (Johan Fabricius 1801) United States Have been recorded feeding on Campsis radicans . Adults have been collected on Aesculus and Lespedeza species, Fraxinus americana , Fraxinus pennsylvanica , Ligustrum vulgare and Chionanthus virginicus . [5] 719972 [4]
Octotoma puncticollis   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma puncticollis [4] (Charles Staines 1994) Guatemala 844878 [4]
Lantana leaf beetle   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma scabripennis [4] (Félix Guérin-Méneville 1844) El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua Introduced into Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Ghana, Guam, Hawaii, India, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and South Africa [5] to kill the invasive Lantana camara plant. [6] [7] 187785 [4]
Octotoma variegata   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Octotoma variegata [4] (Erich Uhmann 1954) Bahia 841436 [4]

References

  1. "Octotoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Octotoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Wikidata   Q82575
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  5. "Octotoma scabripennis Guérin-Méneville, 1844". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. "Octotoma scabripennis (leaf beetle, lantana)". CABI - Invasive Species Compendium. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

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