| Basilepta | |
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| Basilepta fulvipes , Japan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Basilepta Baly, 1860 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Basilepta longipes | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Basilepta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It includes over 300 described species, which are widely distributed in Asia and are most diverse in the tropics. [3] A single species is known from Africa, Basilepta birungana .
Basilepta fulvipes is a pest of crops such as soybean, maize and bananas. [4] Basilepta subcostata is a major pest of bananas and plantains in India, particularly in the northeast. [5]
The following species are placed in the genus: [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [2] [15]
Species moved to Parascela : [63]
Species moved to Cleorina : [64]
Synonyms: [65]
Renamed species: