Microtheca (beetle)

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.

Species

The genus includes the following 15 species:

• Microtheca bechynei – Peru
• Microtheca boliviana – Bolivia
• Microtheca columbiana – Colombia
• Microtheca freyi – Peru
• Microtheca lacustris – Peru
• Microtheca nitens – Bolivia
• Microtheca ochroloma (yellow-margined leaf beetle) – Brazil, Argentina, Chile, North America (introduced)
• Microtheca orophila – Bolivia
• Microtheca parvula – Argentina
• Microtheca picea – Uruguay, North America (introduced)
• Microtheca piceitarsis – Brazil
• Microtheca planicollis – Argentina, Brazil
• Microtheca punctigera – Argentina, Chile, Brazil
• Microtheca rubricollis – Chile
• Microtheca semilaevis – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru
• Microtheca weyrauchi – Peru

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