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Microtheca
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Microtheca

Microtheca is a genus of Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles). It is native to South America, with two species also occurring in the southeastern United States as introduced species.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Yellow-margined Leaf Beetle

speciesMicrotheca ochroloma

Microtheca semilaevis

speciesMicrotheca semilaevis

Microtheca picea

speciesMicrotheca picea

Microtheca rubricollis

speciesMicrotheca rubricollis

Microtheca punctigera

speciesMicrotheca punctigera

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 533268.