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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Chalepini » Odontota » Odontota signaticollis

Species Odontota signaticollis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Odontota signaticollis (Baly) - Odontota signaticollis Odontota signaticollis (Baly) - Odontota signaticollis Odontota signaticollis (Baly) - Odontota signaticollis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
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
Species signaticollis (Odontota signaticollis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Odontota signaticollis (Baly), new combination (1)
Orig. Comb: Chalepus signaticollis Baly 1886
Identification
The dark metallic greenish blue elytra trimmed with red and the pair of faint orange spots on the otherwise dark pronotum are diagnostic. (1)
Range
AZ (Greenlee Co.), NM (Catron Co.) / s. to Puebla, Mex. (1)
Season
July in US / Jun-Aug in Mex (1)
Food
reported as a leaf miner in “frijoles” (Phaseolus sp., Fabaceae) (1)
Print References
Baly, J.S. 1886. Hispidae [pp. 73–124]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Phytophaga Vol. 6, Part 2.
Edward G. Riley. 2015. Three new hispine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from the United States and a new United States record. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(4): 183-190. (1)
Works Cited
1.Three new hispine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from the United States and a new United States record.
Riley, E.G. 2015. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(4): 183-190.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 December, 2015 - 5:36pm
Last updated 18 December, 2019 - 9:29am

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