Octuroplata walkeri
Species of beetle
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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]
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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) | |
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