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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Entomoscelina » Microtheca » Yellow-margined Leaf Beetle (Microtheca ochroloma)

Species Microtheca ochroloma - Yellow-margined Leaf Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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
native to S. America(1), adventive in our area: se US (NC-FL to OK-TX) (2)(3) + CA (Gilbert et al. 2011)
Food
on Brassicaceae, incl. important crops such as Brassica rapa, watercress and mustard
Internet References
Fact sheet (Fasulo 2009)(4)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.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.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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 28 August, 2021 - 11:32am

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