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Species Odontota mundula

Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner - Odontota mundula Odontota mundula (Sanderson) - Odontota mundula Odontota mundula (Sanderson) - Odontota mundula Odontota mundula (Sanderson) - Odontota mundula
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 mundula (Odontota mundula)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Odontota mundula (Sanderson)
Orig. Comb: Xenochalepus mundulus Sanderson 1951
Explanation of Names
mund - Latin for 'adorned' (1)
Identification
- black femora
Odontota mundula (Sanderson)
Det. E. G. Riley
Range
TX-GA-NY-SD / MB (2)
See Also
- orange femora
Odontota scapularis (Olivier)
Det. E. G. Riley
Print References
Butte J.G. (1968) The revision of the tribe Chalepini of America north of Mexico. III. Genus Odontota Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 22(4): 101-124. (3)
Sanderson, M.W. 1951. A new record and two new species of North American Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 53: 160–163.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
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.