Aphilenia

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Aphilenia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Aphilenia
Weise in Reitter, 1889
Type species
Aphilenia interrupta
Weise in Reitter, 1889

Aphilenia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Central and East Asia [1] as well as southern Russia. Members of the genus are adapted to dry climates, and feed on bushes of the genus Calligonum . In 2012, the genus was moved from the tribe Bromiini to the tribe Nodinini (now known as Typophorini). [2]

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References

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