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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Chalepini » Odontota

Genus Odontota

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Missing antennae - Odontota dorsalis beetle - Odontota horni Odontota signaticollis (Baly) - Odontota signaticollis Odontota dorsalis - Locust Leaf Miner Beetle - Odontota dorsalis St. Andrews leaf miner on Galactia volubilis SA896 2017 4 - Odontota St. Andrews leaf miner on Lespedeza hirta SA894 2017 1 - Odontota horni Odontota horni J. Smith - Odontota horni Beetle on milkweed leaf - Odontota arizonica
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Tribe Chalepini
Genus Odontota
Explanation of Names
Odontota Chevrolat 1837
Numbers
7 spp., all in our area(1)
Size
2.5-8 mm(2)
Identification
see (3)
Range
e. NA to AZ to S. America(4)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the hispines of the World
2.The leaf beetles of Alabama
Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.
3.The revision of the tribe Chalepini of America north of Mexico. III. Genus Odontota Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Butte, J.G. 1968. The Coleopterists Bulletin 22(4): 101-124.
4.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 July, 2023 - 7:41pm

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