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Species Odontota scapularis

Representative Images

Orange-shouldered leaf miner - Odontota scapularis Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner - Odontota scapularis Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner - Odontota scapularis Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner - Odontota scapularis Odontota scapularis (Olivier) - Odontota scapularis St. Andrews Leaf miner on Apios americana SA28 2015 3 - Odontota scapularis St. Andrews leaf miner on Apios americana SA39 Odontota scapularis maybe 2015 3 - Odontota scapularis Odontota scapularis

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
Species scapularis (Odontota scapularis)

Other Common Names

Orange-shouldered Leafminer

Explanation of Names

Odontota scapularis (Olivier 1808)

Identification

femoral base orange

Det. E. G. Riley

Range

e US (ON-FL to MN-eTX) - Map (1)(2)

Food

host is normally Groundnut (Apios americana), but adults also found on a few other Fabaceae(3)

See Also

Odontota mundula (Sanderson) - black femora

Det. E. G. Riley

Print References

(4)

Internet References

Texas Entomology (Quinn 2007)

Works Cited

1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae
Barney R.J., Clark S.M., Riley E.G. 2007. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 68: 132-144.
3.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
4.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.
Contributed by tom murray on 15 August, 2005 - 8:07am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 November, 2025 - 12:06pm

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