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Soybean Leafminer

Odontota horni

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) heidi_eaton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 2, February 2, March 2, April 4, May 3, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 2, November 2, December 2.
United States142
Texas24
Missouri18
Kansas17
Nebraska12
Arkansas8
Virginia7
Illinois6
Maryland6
North Carolina5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusOdontota

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Soybean Leafminer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.