Odontionopa

Odontionopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Euryopini
Genus: Odontionopa
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Type species
Colaspis sericea[1]
Gyllenhal, 1808
Synonyms

Prasoidea Weise, 1907[2]

Odontionopa is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[3] It is distributed in Africa.

Species

Species in the genus include:[4]

  • Odontionopa caerulea Jacoby, 1900[5] – Zimbabwe
  • Odontionopa chloris Lefèvre, 1885 – South Africa
  • Odontionopa dentata (Olivier, 1808) – Benin
  • Odontionopa discolor Lefèvre, 1890 – South Africa
  • Odontionopa sericea (Gyllenhal, 1808) – South Africa

References

  1. ^ Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice (2013). "The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection". ZooKeys (282): 1–219. Bibcode:2013ZooK..282....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.282.4401. PMC 3677338. PMID 23794836.
  2. ^ Weise, J. (1907). "Afrikanische Chrysomeliden". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 51: 128–140. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.1578. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  3. ^ "IRMNG - Odontionopa Chevrolat, 1837". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Odontionopa". www.chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266. Retrieved 21 February 2026.