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| Odontota dorsalis | |
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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: | Odontota |
| Species: | O. dorsalis
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| Odontota dorsalis (Thunberg, 1805)
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Odontota dorsalis, the locust leaf miner, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America,[1][5][6] where it has been recorded from Canada (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec) and the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin).
Biology
[edit]They have been recorded feeding on Robinia pseudoacacia, Robinia hispida, Sophora japonica, Acacia species, Amorpha fruticosa, Arachis hypogaea, Falcata comosa, Cercis canadensis, Cladrastis lutea, Desmodium species, Pueraria lobata, Gleditsia triacanthos, Laburnum anagyroides, Phaseolus lunatus, Phaseolus vulgaris and Glycine max.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Odontota dorsalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Odontota dorsalis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Odontota dorsalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Odontota dorsalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the Hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ 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]- 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.
External links
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