# Octotoma > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Octotoma > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Octotoma.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octotoma > Source revision: 1342565942 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Octotoma plicatula.jpg | image_caption = ''Octotoma plicatula'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Octotoma | authority = [Dejean](/source/Pierre_Fran%C3%A7ois_Marie_Auguste_Dejean), 1836 }} '''''Octotoma''''' is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family [Chrysomelidae](/source/Chrysomelidae). There are about 12 described species in ''Octotoma''. ==Species== These species belong to the genus ''Octotoma'': {| class="wikitable" ! Species ! Taxon name and author ! Habitat ! Notes ! [ITIS](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System) ID |- {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q2157520}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q2257464|notes=Larvae have been recorded feeding on ''[Lantana camara](/source/Lantana_camara)'', ''[Lantana hispida](/source/Lantana_hispida)'' and ''[Lantana trifolia](/source/Lantana_trifolia)'', while adults feed on ''[Mentha](/source/Mentha)'', ''[Origanum](/source/Origanum)'' and ''[Sesamum](/source/Sesamum)'' species.{{cite web |last= Staines|first= C.L.|date= 2012|title= Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini|url= https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/chalepini2015.pdf|website= |location= |publisher= USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum.|access-date= August 26, 2025}}}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q2579423}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q1914045|notes=Introduced to [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii), but is not established there. They have been recorded feeding on ''[Lantana](/source/Lantana)'' species.}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q2135548}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q2222739|notes=They have been recorded feeding on ''[Perezia thurberi](/source/Perezia_thurberi)''. Adults have been collected on ''[Fraxinus](/source/Fraxinus)'' species.}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q3478852}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q2942439|notes=Have been recorded feeding on ''[Campsis radicans](/source/Campsis_radicans)''. Adults have been collected on ''[Aesculus](/source/Aesculus)'' and ''[Lespedeza](/source/Lespedeza)'' species, ''[Fraxinus americana](/source/Fraxinus_americana)'', ''[Fraxinus pennsylvanica](/source/Fraxinus_pennsylvanica)'', ''[Ligustrum vulgare](/source/Ligustrum_vulgare)'' and ''[Chionanthus virginicus](/source/Chionanthus_virginicus)''.}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q2383141}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q2176877|notes=Introduced into Australia, the [Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands), [Fiji](/source/Fiji), [Ghana](/source/Ghana), [Guam](/source/Guam), [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii), India, [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia), the [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands) and [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) to kill the invasive ''[Lantana camara](/source/Lantana_camara)'' plant.{{cite web |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/48KZH |title=''Octotoma scabripennis Guérin-Méneville, 1844'' |accessdate=28 July 2022 |author=|work= Catalogue of Life |publisher=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/36993 |title=''Octotoma scabripennis (leaf beetle, lantana)'' |accessdate=28 July 2022 |author=|work= CABI - Invasive Species Compendium |publisher=}}}} {{Wdtable row/species|qid=Q1816832}} |} ==References== {{Reflist|refs= {{Cite web| title=''Octotoma'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=187784 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2019-09-24 }} {{Cite web| title=''Octotoma'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1049376 | website=GBIF | access-date=2019-09-24 }} {{Cite web| title=''Octotoma'' genus Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/19489 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2019-09-24 }} }} ==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite journal | title = A Revision of the genus Octotoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae) | date = 1989 | last1 = Staines | first1 = C. L. Jr. | journal = Insecta Mundi | volume = 3| issue = 1| pages = 41–56 | issn = 0749-6737 | url = http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/24628 }} * {{Cite journal | title = Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae | date = 2007 | last1 = Barney | first1 = R. J. | last2 = Clark | first2 = S. M. | last3 = Riley | first3 = E. G. | journal = Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science | volume = 68| issue = 2| pages = 132–144 | doi = 10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2 | s2cid = 198148537 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/335735 }} * {{Cite book | title = A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | date = 1999 | last1 = Borowiec | first1 = Lech | publisher = Biologicae Silesiae | isbn = 978-83-909804-4-7 }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae) | date = 2003 | last1 = Riley | first1 = Edward G. | last2 = Clark | first2 = Shawn M. | last3 = Seeno | first3 = Terry N. | publisher = The Coleopterists' Society | series = Special Publication No. 1 | isbn = 978-0-9726087-1-8 }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea | date = 2013 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-26091-7 }} {{refend}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2561352}} Category:Cassidinae Category:Octotoma Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Taxa named by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean {{Chalepini-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Octotoma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octotoma) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octotoma?action=history)). 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