Octuroplata octopustulata
Species of beetle
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Octuroplata octopustulata is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Known from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, it is a leaf miner that has been documented feeding on Senna australis, Eugenia ovalifolia, and Ouratea cuspidata.[1][2] It was initially described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1864 as Uroplata octopustulata,[3] but would be transferred to the genus Octuroplata in 1937 by Erich Uhmann and combined as Octuroplata octopustulata.[1]
| Octuroplata octopustulata | |
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| Adult photographed in Ibiúna, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Chalepini |
| Genus: | Octuroplata |
| Species: | O. octopustulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Octuroplata octopustulata (Baly, 1864) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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