Octotoma
Genus of beetles
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Octotoma is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Octotoma.[1][2][3]
| Octotoma | |
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| Octotoma plicatula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Chalepini |
| Genus: | Octotoma Dejean, 1836 |
Species
These species belong to the genus Octotoma:
| Species | Taxon name and author | Habitat | Notes | ITIS ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Octotoma brasiliensis  | Octotoma brasiliensis[4] (Julius Weise, 1921) | Brazil | 841433[4] | |
| Lantana leafminer | Octotoma championi (Joseph Sugar Baly, 1886) | Texas, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Larvae have been recorded feeding on Lantana camara, Lantana hispida and Lantana trifolia, while adults feed on Mentha, Origanum and Sesamum species.[5] | 719970[4] |
| Octotoma crassicornis | Octotoma crassicornis[4] (Julius Weise, 1910) | Brazil | 841434[4] | |
| Octotoma gundlachii | Octotoma gundlachii[4] (Christian Suffrian, 1868) | Cuba | Introduced to Hawaii, but is not established there. They have been recorded feeding on Lantana species.[5] | 841437[4] |
| Octotoma intermedia | Octotoma intermedia[4] (Charles Staines, 1989) | Tamaulipas | 841438[4] | |
| Octotoma marginicollis | Octotoma marginicollis[4] (Walther Horn, 1883) | United States, Mexico | They have been recorded feeding on Perezia thurberi. Adults have been collected on Fraxinus species.[5] | 719971[4] |
| Octotoma nigra | Octotoma nigra[4] (Erich Uhmann, 1940) | Bahia | 841435[4] | |
| Trumpet creeper leaf miner | Octotoma plicatula[4] (Johan Fabricius, 1801) | United States | 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.[5] | 719972[4] |
| Octotoma puncticollis | Octotoma puncticollis[4] (Charles Staines, 1994) | Guatemala | 844878[4] | |
| Lantana leaf beetle | Octotoma scabripennis[4] (Félix Guérin-Méneville, 1844) | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua | Introduced into Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Ghana, Guam, Hawaii, India, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and South Africa[5] to kill the invasive Lantana camara plant.[6][7] | 187785[4] |
| Octotoma variegata | Octotoma variegata[4] (Erich Uhmann, 1954) | Bahia | 841436[4] |