Lantana Leaf Beetle

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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 (where it has been recorded from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua) and introduced into Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Ghana, Guam, Hawaii, India, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and South Africa to kill the invasive Lantana camara plant.

Octotoma scabripennis es una especie de insecto coleóptero de la familia Chrysomelidae. Fue descrita científicamente en 1844 por Guérin-Méneville.