Odontota horni

Odontota horni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Odontota
Species:	O. horni
Binomial name
Odontota horni J. Smith, 1885
Synonyms
Chalepus smithiDonckier, 1899

Odontota horni, the soybean leafminer, 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, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin).

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Desmodium rigidum , Desmodium canescens , Desmodium illinoense , Tephrosia virginiana and Glycine max . ^[4]

References

1. "Odontota horni Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Odontota horni". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Odontota horni 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

• 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.