Octotoma marginicollis

Octotoma marginicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Octotoma
Species:	O. marginicollis
Binomial name
	Octotoma marginicollis; Horn, 1883

Octotoma marginicollis is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America, where it has been recorded from the United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Utah) and Mexico (Coahuila, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, Tamaulipas).

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Perezia thurberi. Adults have been collected on Fraxinus species (including Fraxinus greggii, Fraxinus velutina and Fraxinus attenuata), Baccharis bigelovii, Baccharis glutinosa, Brickellia californica, Brickellia floribunda, Viguiera cordiflua and Monarda menthaefolia.

References

↑ "Octotoma marginicollis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
↑ "Octotoma marginicollis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
↑ "Octotoma marginicollis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
↑ Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist
↑ 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.

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.

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[itis-1] "Octotoma marginicollis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

[gbif-2] "Octotoma marginicollis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

[buglink-3] "Octotoma marginicollis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

[4] Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist

[5] 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.

Octotoma marginicollis

Biology

References

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