Omocerini is a tribe of tortoise beetles erected by Walter Douglas Hincks in 1952.Hincks WD (1952) The genera of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 327–358. 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.Flowers, R.W., & C.S. Chaboo. 2015. Natural history of the tortoise beetle, Discomorpha (Discomorpha) biplagiata (Guérin, 1844) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Omocerini). Insecta Mundi 439: 1–10.
Genera BioLib includes: Canistra Carlobruchia Cassidinoma Cyclosoma Discomorpha Omocerus Polychalca
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