Odontota mundula

Odontota mundula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Odontota
Species:	O. mundula
Binomial name
Odontota mundula (Sanderson, 1951)
Synonyms [1]
Xenochalepus mundulus Sanderson, 1951

Odontota mundula 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 Canada (Manitoba) and the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin).

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Amphicarpa bracteata . ^[4]

References

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