Omocerini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Omocerini
Hincks, 1952

Omocerini is a Neotropical tribe of tortoise beetles containing 12 genera and about 145 species.[1] Individuals use plants in the genera Borago and Cordia (Boraginaceae) and Hyptis (Lamiaceae) as host plants. The life cycle of one species has been described.[2]

References

  1. "Omocerini Hincks, 1952". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. Flowers, R.W., & C.S. Chaboo. 2015. Natural history of the tortoise beetle, Discomorpha (Discomorpha) biplagiata (Guérin, 1844) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Omocerini). Insecta Mundi 439: 1–10.


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