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| Octotoma plicatula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Octotoma |
| Species: | O. plicatula
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| Octotoma plicatula (Fabricius, 1801)
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Octotoma plicatula, the trumpet creeper leaf miner, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia).
Biology
[edit]They have been recorded feeding on Campsis radicans. Adults have been collected on Aesculus and Lespedeza species, Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Ligustrum vulgare and Chionanthus virginicus.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Octotoma plicatula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Octotoma plicatula". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Octotoma plicatula species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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.