Octotoma Explained

Octotoma is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Octotoma.

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Octotoma:

• Octotoma brasiliensis Weise, 1921
• Octotoma championi Baly, 1886 (lantana leafminer)
• Octotoma crassicornis Weise, 1910
• Octotoma germari Hagenbach
• Octotoma gundlachii Suffrian, 1868
• Octotoma intermedia Staines, 1989
• Octotoma marginicollis Horn, 1883
• Octotoma nigra Uhmann, 1940
• Octotoma plicatula (Fabricius, 1801) (trumpet creeper leaf miner)
• Octotoma puncticollis Staines, 1994
• Octotoma scabripennis Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Octotoma variegata Uhmann, 1954

Further reading

• A Revision of the genus Octotoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae). 1989. Staines . C. L. Jr.. Insecta Mundi. 3. 1. 41–56. 0749-6737.
• Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae. 2007. Barney . R. J.. Clark . S. M.. Riley . E. G.. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68. 2. 132–144. 10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. 198148537.
• Book: A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1999. Borowiec . Lech. Biologicae Silesiae. 978-83-909804-4-7.
• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.