Octotoma scabripennis
Species of beetle
Octotoma scabripennis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Octotoma |
Species: | O. scabripennis |
Binomial name | |
Octotoma scabripennis Guérin-Méneville, 1844 |
Octotoma scabripennis, known as the lantana leafminer and lantana leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, originally from Central America and introduced into Australia to kill the previously invasive Lantana camara plant.[1][2]
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