Octotoma championi

Octotoma championi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Octotoma
Species:	O. championi
Binomial name
Octotoma championi Baly, 1886

Octotoma championi, known generally as the lantana leafminer or lantana leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is native to Central America and North America, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where it has been recorded from the United States (Texas), Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. It has been introduced to Australia, Fiji, Hawaii and South Africa.

Biology

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Lantana camara , Lantana hispida and Lantana trifolia , while adults feed on Mentha , Origanum and Sesamum species. ^[4]

References

1. "Octotoma championi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Octotoma championi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Octotoma championi species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. 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.

Further reading

• Staines, C. L. Jr. (1989). "A Revision of the genus Octotoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 3 (1): 41–56. ISSN   0749-6737.
• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.