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Genus Odontota

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Orange-shouldered leaf miner beetle - Odontota scapularis

Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner - Odontota scapularis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)

Tribe Chalepini

Genus Odontota

Numbers

Nine species comprise this genus which ranges from northern South America to southern Canada, seven species range north of Mexico (1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 January, 2006 - 5:04pm

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