Octuroplata walkeri

Octuroplata walkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Chalepini
Genus:	Octuroplata
Species:	O. walkeri
Binomial name
	Octuroplata walkeri; (Baly, 1865)
Synonyms
	Uroplata walkeriBaly, 1865 ; Octhispa adjunctaUhmann, 1935;

Last updated November 07, 2025

Octuroplata walkeri is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Known from Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais), and Paraguay, it is a leaf miner that has been documented feeding on Myrsine gardneriana and Bambusa species.^[1]^[2] It was initially described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1865 as Uroplata walkeri but would be transferred to the genus Octuroplata in 1937 by Erich Uhmann and combined as Octuroplata walkeri.^[1] It is the only species of Octuroplata whose larval morphology has been described.^[2]

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.
1 2 Casari, Sônia A.; Queiroz, Jarbas M. (2005). "Description of two leaf-miner larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest". Zootaxa . 1081 (1): 47–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1081.1.3. ISSN 1175-5326 – via ResearchGate.

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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.

[larva-2] 1 2 Casari, Sônia A.; Queiroz, Jarbas M. (2005). "Description of two leaf-miner larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest". Zootaxa . 1081 (1): 47–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1081.1.3. ISSN 1175-5326 – via ResearchGate.

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