Octotoma plicatula (Fabricius, 1801)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Chrysomelidae   >   Genus Octotoma   

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Trumpet Creeper is the larval host plant. Larvae mine leaves.

There are 40 records in the project database.

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Octotoma plicatula mines on Trumpeter Creeper in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/24/2017). Verified by Even Dankowicz and Charley Eiseman via BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula mines on Trumpeter Creeper in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/24/2017). Verified by Even Dankowicz and Charley Eiseman via BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

The leaf mines of Octotoma plicatula on Trumpet Creeper in Kent Co., Maryland (10/4/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula mines on Trumpet Creeper leaves in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/15/2018). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

The leaf mining of Octotoma plicatula on Trumpet Creeper in Somerset Co., Maryland (9/6/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula leaf mines in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/17/2015). Determined by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide. Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula mines in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/13/2019). Verified by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide. Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula leaf mines on Trumpet Creeper in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/30/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/23/2021). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/5/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (9/5/2021). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/16/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/5/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/18/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/15/2018). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/11/2022). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

An Octotoma plicatula leaf mine in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/25/2019). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Octotoma plicatula in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/16/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)


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