Octotoma championi
| Octotoma championi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Octotoma |
| Species: | O. championi
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| Binomial name | |
| Octotoma championi Baly, 1886
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Octotoma championi, known generally as the lantana leafminer or lantana leaf beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is native to Central America and North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from the United States (Texas), Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. It has been introduced to Australia, Fiji, Hawaii and South Africa.
Biology
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Lantana camara, Lantana hispida and Lantana trifolia, while adults feed on Mentha, Origanum and Sesamum species.[4]
References
- ^ "Octotoma championi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Octotoma championi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Octotoma championi species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
Further reading
- Staines, C. L. Jr. (1989). "A Revision of the genus Octotoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 3 (1): 41–56. ISSN 0749-6737.
- Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.