Octotoma
| Octotoma | |
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| Octotoma plicatula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Chalepini |
| Genus: | Octotoma Dejean, 1836 |
Octotoma is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Octotoma.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]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] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Octotoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Octotoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Octotoma genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Wikidata Q82575
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ "Octotoma scabripennis Guérin-Méneville, 1844". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Octotoma scabripennis (leaf beetle, lantana)". CABI - Invasive Species Compendium. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Staines, C. L. Jr. (1989). "A Revision of the genus Octotoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 3 (1): 41–56. ISSN 0749-6737.
- Barney, R. J.; Clark, S. M.; Riley, E. G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68 (2): 132–144. doi:10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 198148537.
- Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.