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Omocerini
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Omocerini

Omocerini is a tribe of tortoise beetles erected by Walter Douglas Hincks in 1952. Species are mostly found in the Neotropical realm, but some may occur elsewhere: for example, the type genus Omocerus has representatives in Africa.

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.

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7 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Discomorpha

genusDiscomorpha

Cyclosoma

genusCyclosoma

Omocerus

genusOmocerus

Polychalca

genusPolychalca

Canistra

genusCanistra

Carlobruchia

genusCarlobruchia

Cassidinoma

genusCassidinoma

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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 563791.