Locust leafminer
Odontota dorsalis
The locust leafminer is a small leaf beetle from North America. Its name comes from the locust tree, one of the trees it likes to feed on. It is a plant-eater that nibbles on many different plants.
Lives in
North America, in Canada and much of the United States
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It only eats leaves.
What does it eat?
It eats the leaves of black locust trees and many other plants, like soybeans, beans, peanuts and redbud trees.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Locust leafminer about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Scientists have seen it feeding on more than fifteen kinds of plants.
2
Almost all the plants it eats belong to the pea and bean family, like peanuts, soybeans and beans.
3
It has been found in four Canadian provinces and in more than thirty states of the United States.
you asked
Most asked questions about Locust leafminer
?What does the locust leafminer eat?
Leaves of black locust trees and many plants from the pea and bean family.
?Is the locust leafminer dangerous?
No, it is harmless to people. It only eats plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Odontota dorsalis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Locust leaf miner
Where the facts come from
- Odontota dorsalis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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