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Species Microtheca ochroloma - Yellow-margined Leaf Beetle

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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 Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Entomoscelina
Genus Microtheca
Species ochroloma (Yellow-margined Leaf Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Microtheca ochroloma Stål 1860
ochroloma 'ochre-margined'
Range
adventive to se US (NC-FL to OK-TX) - Map (1)(2) + CA (Gilbert et al. 2011)(2), native to S. America(3)
Food
on Brassicaceae, incl. important crops such as Brassica rapa, watercress and mustard
Print References
Gilbert, A.J., J. Willems, and J. Sohal (2011) Microtheca ochroloma Stål 1860, a newly introduced leaf beetle to California (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 87(3): 201-202. (BioOne)
Internet References
Featured Creatures (Fasulo 2009)(4)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.The immigration of insects to Florida, with a tabulation of records published since 1970
J.H. Frank, E.D. McCoy. 1992. Florida Entomol. 75: 1-28.
4.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 5 December, 2006 - 4:40pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, Ron M., v belov
Last updated 4 April, 2024 - 9:51am

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