Octuroplata

Octuroplata
A red and orange beetle with pale orange spots sitting on a green leaf
Adult Octuroplata octopustulata photographed in Ibiúna, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Chalepini
Genus: Octuroplata
Uhmann, 1940
Type species
Uroplata octopustulata
Baly, 1864

Octuroplata is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It was described in 1940 by Erich Uhmann, with Uroplata octopustulata as the type species, and is placed within the tribe Chalepini. Nine species are known, ranging from French Guiana to Argentina.

Species

This genus includes the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 Staines, C. L. (2012). "Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. pp. 119–121. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ Staines, C. L. (2002). "The New World Tribes and Genera of Hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104 (3): 767. ISSN 0013-8797. OCLC 630167895 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.