Coscinoptera

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Coscinoptera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cryptocephalinae
Tribe: Clytrini
Genus: Coscinoptera
Lacordaire, 1848

Coscinoptera is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. [1]

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