Octotoma plicatula

Octotoma plicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Octotoma
Species:	O. plicatula
Binomial name
Octotoma plicatula (Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms
Hispa plicatulaFabricius, 1801

Octotoma plicatula, the trumpet creeper leaf miner, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where it has been recorded from the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia).

Biology

They 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 . ^[4]

References

1. "Octotoma plicatula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Octotoma plicatula". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Octotoma plicatula species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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.