Octuroplata
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| Octuroplata | |
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| Adult Octuroplata octopustulata photographed in Ibiúna, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Chalepini |
| Genus: | Octuroplata Uhmann, 1940 |
| Type species | |
| Uroplata octopustulata Baly, 1864 | |
Octuroplata is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It was described in 1940 by Erich Uhmann, with Uroplata octopustulata as the type species, and is placed within the tribe Chalepini.[1] Nine species are known, ranging from French Guiana to Argentina.[2]