Nesaecrepida

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Nesaecrepida
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Nesaecrepida infuscata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Alticini
Genus: Nesaecrepida
Blake, 1964

Nesaecrepida is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 2 described species in Nesaecrepida, found in North America, Mexico, and the West Indies. [1]

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Nesaecrepida infuscata

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References

  1. Nadein, K. S. (2013). "Catalogue of Alticini genera of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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