Odontota dorsalis (Thunberg, 1805) is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Odontota dorsalis (Thunberg, 1805)

Odontota dorsalis (Thunberg, 1805)

Odontota dorsalis, the locust leaf miner, is a North American leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.

Family
Genus
Odontota
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Odontota dorsalis (Thunberg, 1805)

Odontota dorsalis, commonly known as the locust leaf miner, is a species of leaf beetle that belongs to the family Chrysomelidae. This species is native to North America. It has been officially recorded in multiple regions of Canada, including Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec, as well as across numerous states and the District of Columbia in the United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Photo: (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Odontota

More from Chrysomelidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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