Octuroplata octopustulata

Octuroplata octopustulata
	Adult photographed in Ibiúna, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Chalepini
Genus:	Octuroplata
Species:	O. octopustulata
Binomial name
	Octuroplata octopustulata; (Baly, 1864)
Synonyms
	Uroplata octopustulataBaly, 1864;

Last updated November 07, 2025

Octuroplata octopustulata is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Known from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, it is a leaf miner that has been documented feeding on Senna australis , Eugenia ovalifolia , and Ouratea cuspidata .^[1]^[2] It was initially described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1864 as Uroplata octopustulata,^[3] but would be transferred to the genus Octuroplata in 1937 by Erich Uhmann and combined as Octuroplata octopustulata.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Staines, C. L. (2012). "Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. pp. 119–121. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
↑ Nogueira-de-Sá, Flávia; Medeiros, Lenice; de Macêdo, Margarete V. (2004). "Phenology of populations of tortoise beetles (Cassidinae) in Brazil". In Jolivet, Pierre; Santiago-Blay, Jorge; Schmitt, Michael (eds.). New Developments in the Biology of Chrysomelidae. The Hague, The Netherlands: Kugler Publications. p. 655. doi:10.1163/9789004475335_055. ISBN 9789004475335.
↑ Baly, J. S. (1864). "Descriptions of genera and species of Hispidæ". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 3 (14): 341–342. ISSN 0374-5481. OCLC 1481361 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[Catalog-1] 1 2 3 Staines, C. L. (2012). "Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. pp. 119–121. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

[2] Nogueira-de-Sá, Flávia; Medeiros, Lenice; de Macêdo, Margarete V. (2004). "Phenology of populations of tortoise beetles (Cassidinae) in Brazil". In Jolivet, Pierre; Santiago-Blay, Jorge; Schmitt, Michael (eds.). New Developments in the Biology of Chrysomelidae. The Hague, The Netherlands: Kugler Publications. p. 655. doi:10.1163/9789004475335_055. ISBN 9789004475335.

[3] Baly, J. S. (1864). "Descriptions of genera and species of Hispidæ". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 3 (14): 341–342. ISSN 0374-5481. OCLC 1481361 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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