Octuroplata

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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
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.[1] Nine species are known, ranging from French Guiana to Argentina.[2]

Species

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This genus includes the following species:[1]

References

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