Octotoma scabripennis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Octotoma |
| Species: | O. scabripennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Octotoma scabripennis Guérin-Méneville, 1844
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Octotoma scabripennis Guérin-Méneville, 1844". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Octotoma scabripennis (leaf beetle, lantana)". CABI - Invasive Species Compendium. Retrieved 28 July 2022.